// Station · 5m ago
KLCH
Lake Charles Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 29.4°C / 24.4°C
ALTIM 30.09 inHg
WX TS
ELEV 15 FT
30.1261°N / 93.2233°W
LOCATION · Lake Charles, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KLCH · 15 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
29 / 24
ALTIM
30.09"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: TS. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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SPECI KLCH 111400Z 00000KT 10SM TS CLR 29/24 A3009 RMK AO2 TSB1354 T02940244
KLCH · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · weather: TS · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
4 ends
15
HDG 150°
—CALM
——
6,500'
33
HDG 330°
—CALM
——
6,500'
05
HDG 050°
—CALM
——
5,200'
23
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
5,200'
Pattern altitude: 1,015 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL).
Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying.
// On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.
// Density altitude · ISA +14°C
1,500FT
+1,485 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV15 FT
OAT+29°C
ISA DELTA+14°C
PRESSURE ALT-156 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN
(Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+15%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%
Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
11:20ZSUNRISE
18:19ZSOLAR NOON
01:18ZSUNSET
01:45ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:05Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 12m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:45Z (11h 40m)
DAY LENGTH13h 57m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE08:44Z
MOONSET22:41Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KCWF
VFR
Chennault International Airport · Lake Charles
- WIND
- 100° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT024
- DIST
- 7 NM NE
- AGE
- 20m ago
KUXL
VFR
Southland Field · Sulphur
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 8 NM W
- AGE
- 10m ago
K5R8
VFR
De Quincy Industrial Airpark · De Quincy
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT026
- DIST
- 23 NM NW
- AGE
- 10m ago
K3R7
VFR
Jennings Airport · Jennings
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT028
- DIST
- 29 NM E
- AGE
- 10m ago
KORG
VFR
Orange County Airport · Orange
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT022
- DIST
- 30 NM W
- AGE
- 10m ago
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