Southwest Louisiana Transportation
Sitting between two major metropolitan regions and on the Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Louisiana – as a region - offers transportation options without limitations.
By Air
The Lake Charles Regional Airport has daily flights to Houston, TX, and currently has 350 acres available for commercial and industrial development with rail and road access and a major U.S. port within 10 miles. Chennault International Airpark Authority, servicing industry players such as Northrop Grumman, EADS Aeroframe Services and Louisiana Millwork, has 10,000 feet of runways, a capability of handling most commercial aircraft and 800 acres of available sites accessible to rail, road and water to transport goods to the rest world. These regional and international airports have foreign trade and enterprise zone designations.
Airports in outlying areas include the Allen Parish airport, the Beauregard Parish Airport, the DeQuincy Industrial Airpark and the Jennings Airport.
By Water
With its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Louisiana serves as the home base for a vigorous petrochemical industry and several ports including the Port of Lake Charles (which is the closest deep-water port in Louisiana and 12th largest in the nation), the West-Calcasieu Port, the East Cameron Port and the Vinton Port.
Cameron Parish runs along the Gulf Coast and Texas border and is home to various industries from oil and gas companies to marine support vehicles and fishing boats. The East Cameron Port is one of the top five ports for fisheries in the nation providing wild American shrimp and speckled trout to discerning diners across the country. With three liquefied natural gas pipelines in the works for completion over the next three years, what happens in Cameron Parish keeps the lights on in Chicago.
By Rail
Southwest Louisiana has an extensive rail network serviced by Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Many industrial sites located in Jeff Davis, Calcasieu and Beauregard parish come with rail tie-ins, assisting in an efficient relocation.
By Road
Bisected by Interstate 10, our region is well served by several major U.S. and state highways. Running from the Gulf of Mexico to the tip of Beauregard Parish, Highway 27 plays a major part in transporting and delivering seafood, oil, gas and petrochemicals, as well as serving as the commuting lifeline for the Gulf Oil Rig workers. U.S. Highways 167 and 171 shoot off of I-10, supplying our region with goods from across the nation and delivering the fine products of Southwest Louisiana, which range from timber products to crawfish to consumers both national and international.
Southwest Louisiana, credited by many as having the best fishing and hunting conditions in the South, is an economically diverse and wonderful place to live and work. Our citizens can boast not only miles of coastline, but also our increasing participation in the national and global economy as a major player in energy production, the petrochemical industry and our emerging aerospace industry.
Getting to Southwest Louisiana is easy, but leaving the charm, food and people is hard.
 |
 |
|---|---|
 |
|
