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LCH to FTW: distance & flight time
Lake Charles (Lake Charles Regional Airport) → Fort Worth (Fort Worth Meacham International Airport)
307 mi
494 km · 267 nm
1h 16m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
307 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 16m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- LCH — Lake Charles Regional Airport · Lake Charles, United States
- FTW — Fort Worth Meacham International Airport · Fort Worth, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LCH
- BPT · Southeast Texas Regional Airport49 mi away
- DRI · Beauregard Regional Airport49 mi away
- BMT · Beaumont Municipal Airport59 mi away
- POE · Polk Army Air Field64 mi away
Near FTW
- DFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport20 mi away
- FWH · NAS Fort Worth JRB/Carswell Field6 mi away
- AFW · Fort Worth Alliance Airport12 mi away
- DAL · Dallas Love Field30 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LCH from FTW?
The flight distance from Lake Charles (LCH) to Fort Worth (FTW) is 307 miles (494 km, 267 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LCH to FTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 16m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from LCH to FTW?
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