Chennault International Airport satellite view
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Chennault International Airport

30.21060°N
-93.14320°W
ARR / DAY
1
58.8%
DEP / DAY
2
21.1%

Chennault International Airport (KCWF/CWF) is a small general aviation airport located in Lake Charles, LA, 58 mi east of Beaumont. It features 1 runway measuring 10,702 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
10 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCWF 241850Z 22010G15KT 10SM BKN040 34/23 A3007

Runways

1 installed

10,702 FT MAX
15/33
10,702 ft × 200
CON● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

33
56% of ops
138 land · 52 TO
15
44% of ops
109 land · 167 TO
Runway 33 carries 56% of operations (138 landings, 52 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 44%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

33 138 landings
UA 0%
15 109 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 138 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
5.9
flights/day · 176 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 8pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (5.8 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (19% of 141 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 124.200
TWR 124.200 0600-2200
TWR 290.400 0600-2200
GND 121.650 0600-2200
GND 275.800 0600-2200
ATIS 120.000 0600-2200
APCH 119.800
APCH 282.300
UNICOM 122.950
AWOS 120.000
LCL/P 124.200 0600-2200
LAKE CHA 124.700
OTHER 124.700
LCL/P 290.400 0600-2200
LAKE CHA 317.400
OTHER 317.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:43 UTC