KARA Acadiana Regional Airport
New Iberia, LA · 4 miles NW of NEW IBERIA, LA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KARA
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 24.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 30-02-15.9300N 091-53-02.0260W
- Lat / Long
- 30.0377583, -91.8838961
- Mag. variation
- 00E (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 02/1944
- ARTCC
- HOUSTON CENTER
- FSS
- DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- ARA (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-2100
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- DUSK-DAWN. WHEN ATCT CLSD HIRL RY 17/35 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 35 - CTAF.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KARA
Runways
Longest 8002 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 150 ft. / 1524 x 46 m
- Surface
- water
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Double wheel 105.0
Runway 17
- Heading
- 168
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- NSTD
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 20.3 ft.
Runway 35
- Heading
- 348
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- Helipad H1
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- NSTD
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 20.2 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 125.0
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Wx Asos
- 133.325 (337-492-4830)
- Acadiana Ground
- 121.7 [0600-2100]
- Acadiana Tower
- 125.0 239.3 [0600-2100]
- Lafayette Approach
- 121.1
- Lafayette Departure
- 121.1
- Clearance Delivery
- 118.05 ;WHEN TWR CLSD 121.7
- Approach Lights
- ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 337-367-1401 FAX 337-367-1404.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 337-367-1401 FAX 337-367-1404.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MINOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- MAURICE SONGY 1404 HANGAR DR NEW IBERIA, LA 70560 Phone (337) 365-7202
- Manager phone
- (337) 365-7202
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.