Lake Charles Regional Airport

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Lake Charles Regional Airport
IATA: LCH - ICAO: KLCH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Calcasieu Parish
Serves		Lake Charles, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL		15 ft (4.6 m)
Coordinates		30°07′33.95″N, 93°13′24.25″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	6,500	1,981	Concrete
5/23	5,200	1,585	Asphalt

Lake Charles Regional Airport (IATA: LCH, ICAO: KLCH) is a public airport located 5 miles (8 km) south of Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA.

The airport has 2 runways. They are oriented 5/23 and 15/33 and do not cross. The grounds are bounded by Lake Street to the West, Gauthier Road to the North, Highway 385 to the East, and Lincoln Road to the South. The entrance is off of Highway 385.

The main terminal at LCH was heavily damaged by a tornado formed by Hurricane Rita. Passenger operations were moved to a smaller building on the grounds. Car rental operations were moved into a series of trailers.

1 Airlines
2 Former Airlines
3 Helicopter operations
4 External links

[edit] Airlines

LCH is used for general aviation and one commercial airline.

Continental Airlines
- Continental Connection operated by Colgan Air (George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Houston)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Houston)

[edit] Former Airlines

American Airlines
- American Eagle operated to (Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport) for many years prior to Continental Express' arrival.
Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlink was set to commence services to (Memphis International Airport) on October 31, 2001, but because of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the flights were never started.

[edit] Helicopter operations

A large number of helicopters are based at LCH and serve both the petroleum industry in the Gulf and other purposes. A large marine spill operation is located on the southwest corner of the grounds.