KCWF · Chennault International Airport

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA · SMALL AIRPORT

Elevation ft

Runway

10,702

Longest ft · 15/33

30.21N

93.14W

Chennault International Airport serves Lake Charles, Louisiana at 17 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 10,702 by 200 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
15/33	10,702 × 200 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 17 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	17 ft	2,441 ft	2,112 ft	3,168 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,217 ft	2,675 ft	2,238 ft	3,358 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,417 ft	2,909 ft	2,365 ft	3,547 ft
35°C afternoon	2,421 ft	2,910 ft	2,365 ft	3,548 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 10,702 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,548 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KCWF is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLCH Lake Charles Regional Airport	7 nm SW	6,500 ft
K5R8 De Quincy Industrial Airpark	22 nm NW	5,000 ft
K3R7 Jennings Airport	24 nm E	5,002 ft
KORG Orange County Airport	35 nm W	5,500 ft
KDRI Beauregard Regional Airport	39 nm N	5,494 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCWF

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KCWF, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KCWF or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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