Public Notice for Airport Projects The Chennault International Airport Authority as sponsor for the Chennault International Airport hereby announces its proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2024 Triennial DBE Goal for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) airport construction projects as indicated below: Fiscal Year 2022: N/A - No Federally Funded Project Fiscal Year 2023: 7.89% - Rehabilitate South Apron Pavement - Phase 3 Fiscal [...]

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal For ATCT Rainscreen Project The Chennault International Airport Authority hereby announces the DBE Goal for the ATCT Rainscreen project at the Chennault International Airport.  The proposed goal and goal setting methodology are available for inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning May 17, 2023, through June 16, 2023, in the Chennault [...]

Chennault International Airport Establishes Foreign Clearance Capabilities Partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilitates international air cargo arrivals Chennault International Airport (CWF) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enable regular clearance of select international aircraft. The agreement allows for the clearance into the United States of foreign crews [...]

Chennault International Airport Announces Its New Air Cargo Facility Is Available for Lease Chennault International Airport, an emerging aerospace hub along the central U.S. Gulf Coast, has completed a $4 million air cargo facility that is now available for lease. Air cargo facility development, incentives, and specialized ground equipment purchases – in addition to land acquisition and remediation, and taxiway [...]

Chennault Is ‘Emerging National Aerospace Hub' Thrive magazine Chennault International Airport is an emerging national aerospace hub that has kept military, corporate and personal aircraft in tip-top condition for more than three decades. Much of the industry is already familiar with Chennault and the Lake Charles region, given its first-class tenant partners — including Northrop Grumman, [...]

Big Plans with a Big Runway: Historic Airport Seeks to Transform Itself An Airbus 320 being serviced at the airport is pictured Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, La. STAFF PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK LAKE CHARLES - It’s been a Cold War air base, a deserted strip used for drag races and driving [...]

Chennault International Airport broke ground today on a $4 million facility to enter the air cargo sector. Stakeholders with golden shovels turned the first ceremonial dirt on Thursday to build an air cargo warehouse. The new facility will be the centerpiece of Chennault’s latest effort to provide economic diversity and ultimately create new jobs at the airport, which is recognized [...]

Historical Fact Sheet About Chennault International Airport Modern-day Chennault International Airport is home to an active airfield and business community in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Originally constructed as a WWII-era air base, the facility now functions as a non-commercial airport—supporting general aviation, military operations, disaster relief, education, aircraft maintenance and repair, and other aviation and non-aviation businesses. Its runway—at 2 miles [...]