Guyed tower 1287273 — Lake Charles, LA

At 58 m, structure 1287273 is about 25% below the 77 m average across the 218 structures registered in Calcasieu Parish. It is about 34% below the Louisiana average of 87 m across 5,039 registrations. Among the 20,303 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is about half of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 2 m, which puts the top of the structure 59 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at coordinates 30.16086, -93.28417, with the site address filed as "South Lake Charles on Big Lake Rd". Calcasieu Parish has 218 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 3rd-largest count among the 64 Louisiana counties with registrations, and 163 of them are marked constructed. Louisiana as a whole has 5,039 registrations, the 14th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Fenton, LA · 1020915, a structure at 460 m (constructed).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history. The FCC issued registration 1287273 on Apr 24, 2013. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 342 in Louisiana.

The FCC record lists Telcom Properties of Lake Charles, LA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0020737656. Across the registry it holds 22 structure registrations, including 21 in Louisiana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (7 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-ASW-556-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 12.