FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | 6R1 |
Lat/Long: | 30-14-30.8637N 092-49-50.6878W 30-14.514395N 092-49.844797W 30.2419066,-92.8307466 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 18 ft. / 5.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 07E (1965) |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 70591 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 10/1947 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | HOUSTON CENTER |
FSS: | DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | DRI (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | IREG |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | SS-SR |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
LAKE CHARLES APPROACH: | 119.8 |
LAKE CHARLES DEPARTURE: | 119.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT at 3R7 (8 nm E): | 121.150 (337-824-0517) |
WX AWOS-3 at CWF (16 nm W): | 120.0 (337-436-3452) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 124.7/317.4 (LAKE CHARLES RCAG) WHEN LAKE CHARLES APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
LCHr060/15.5 | | LAKE CHARLES VORTAC | | 113.40 | | 07E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
DURALDE | | 224/27.5 | | 263 | | 02E | | ECY | . -.-. -.-- |
SULPHUR | | 081/30.7 | | 278 | | 04E | | AUR | .- ..- .-. |
ABBEVILLE | | 284/38.3 | | 230 | | 02E | | BNZ | -... -. --.. |
Airport Services
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 7/25
Dimensions: | 2700 x 50 ft. / 823 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition RWY HAS SOME SML LONGL CRACKS WITH GRASS GROWTH. BLOCK CRACKS WITH GRASS GROWTH RWY 07 TARND. |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 7 | | RUNWAY 25 |
Latitude: | 30-14.479750N | | 30-14.619783N |
Longitude: | 092-50.137817W | | 092-49.651317W |
Elevation: | 18.0 ft. | | 18.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 065 magnetic, 072 true | | 245 magnetic, 252 true |
Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | basic, in fair condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 56 ft. trees, 278 ft. from runway, 130 ft. right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear TREES 10-50 FT TALL EXTENDING 0-200 FT FM END OF RY & 90 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN. | | 71 ft. trees, 700 ft. from runway, 7:1 slope to clear |
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: | 2200 x 150 ft. / 671 x 46 m |
Surface: | turf, in fair condition |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
Latitude: | 30-14.462400N | | 30-14.479567N |
Longitude: | 092-49.992050W | | 092-49.575383W |
Elevation: | 18.0 ft. | | 18.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 080 magnetic, 087 true | | 260 magnetic, 267 true |
Obstructions: | 55 ft. trees, 204 ft. from runway, 125 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear | | 51 ft. trees, 367 ft. from runway, 59 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF WELSH PO BOX 786 WELSH, LA 70591 Phone 318-734-2231 |
Manager: | CHRIS NOBLES PO BOX 863 WELSH, LA 70591 Phone (337) 734-2594 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 20 | Single engine airplanes: | | 10 | Ultralights: | | 10 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 41/day * | 67% | local general aviation | 33% | transient general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 22 May 2020 | |
Additional Remarks
- | TWY FM HGR TO END OF RY 25. |
- | FOR CD CTC LAKE CHARLES APCH AT 337-480-3103, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC HOUSTON ARTCC AT 281-230-5622. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 07 | |
download (184KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
3R7 - Jennings Airport (8 nm E)
KCWF - Chennault International Airport (16 nm W)
KLCH - Lake Charles Regional Airport (22 nm W)
4R7 - Eunice Airport (25 nm NE)
KUXL - Southland Field Airport (29 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Tim Cushenberry
Photo taken 18-Jan-2006
looking north
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 17-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:43 | | 12:43 |
Sunrise | | 07:09 | | 13:09 |
Sunset | | 17:34 | | 23:34 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:00 | | 24:00 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 18-Jan-2021 01:28:44 |
Local (UTC-6) | 17-Jan-2021 19:28:44 |
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METAR |
K3R7 8nm E | 180115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A3009 RMK AO2 T01080023
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KCWF 17nm W | 180050Z 36003KT 10SM SKC 13/M02 A3008
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TAF |
KLCH 21nm W | 171721Z 1718/1818 27006KT P6SM FEW200 FM180000 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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