FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 6R1 |
| Lat/Long: | 30-14-30.7450N / 092-49-45.5230W
30-14.512417N / 092-49.758717W
30.2418736 / -92.8293119
(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 |
| Sectional chart: | HOUSTON |
| 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: | DUSK-DAWN |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| LAKE CHARLES APPROACH: | 119.8 |
| LAKE CHARLES DEPARTURE: | 119.8 |
| WX AWOS-3 at CWF (16 nm W): | 120.0 (337-436-3452) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 124.7/317.4 (LAKE CHARLES RCAG) WHEN LAKE CHARLES APCH CTL CLOSED.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| LCHr060/15.5 | | LAKE CHARLES VORTAC | | 113.40 | | 07E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| OAKDALE | | 194/25.0 | | 379 | | 03E | | LRR | .-.. .-. .-. |
| DURALDE | | 224/27.4 | | 263 | | 02E | | ECY | . -.-. -.-- |
| SULPHUR | | 081/30.8 | | 278 | | 04E | | AUR | .- ..- .-. |
| DE QUINCY | | 104/35.0 | | 410 | | 05E | | DQU | -.. --.- ..- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
JET A FUEL AVBL ON EMERG REQ ONLY CALL 318-734-2382. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 7/25
| Dimensions: | 2700 x 50 ft. / 823 x 15 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| 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: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-box SAVASI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) |
| Obstructions: | 40 ft. trees, 730 ft. from runway, 250 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear
TREES 10-50 FT TALL EXTENDING 0-200 FT FM END OF RY & 90 FT RIGHT OF CNTRLN. | | 40 ft. trees, 750 ft. from runway, 220 ft. left of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear |
Runway 9/27
| Dimensions: | 2200 x 150 ft. / 671 x 46 m |
| Surface: | turf, in good condition |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
| Latitude: | 30-14.462400N | | 30-14.479067N |
| 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: | 50 ft. trees, 650 ft. from runway, 125 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear | | 50 ft. trees, 500 ft. from runway, 10:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF WELSH
P. O. BOX 786
WELSH, LA 70591
Phone 318-734-2231 |
| Manager: | EMERY F LYONS
CITY OF WELSH, PO BOX 786
WELSH, LA 70591
Phone 318-734-2594 |
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 23 September 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | TWY FM HGR TO END OF RY 25. |
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 between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| VOR/DME OR GPS RWY 07 | |
download (180KB) |
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 |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Tim Cushenberry
Photo taken 18-Jan-2006
looking north
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Welsh Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 01-Dec-2009
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:25 | | 12:25 |
| Sunrise | | 06:51 | | 12:51 |
| Sunset | | 17:10 | | 23:10 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:36 | | 23:36 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 01-Dec-2009 13:43:07 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 01-Dec-2009 07:43:07 |
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| METAR |
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KCWF
17nm W | 011250Z 04007KT 7SM -RA OVC100 09/09 A2997
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KLCH
21nm W | 011253Z 06009KT 8SM -RA OVC045 08/07 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP152 P0003 T00830067
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KUXL
29nm W | 011300Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM -RA BKN023 OVC090 08/07 A2997 RMK AO2
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KACP
31nm N | 011320Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM SCT120 08/06 A2999 RMK AO2
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KLCH
21nm W | 011140Z 0112/0212 06012KT P6SM VCSH SCT013 OVC025 FM011400 08012KT 5SM -RA BR SCT007 OVC013 FM011900 05010KT 3SM -RA BR OVC007 FM012300 02010KT 3SM -RA BR OVC007 FM020700 35010KT 6SM -RA OVC007
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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