Acadiana Regional
ARA · KARA · New Iberia, Louisiana · Iberia County · map
Acadiana Regional is a public-use airport owned by Iberia Parish Goverment, 4 miles northwest of New Iberia, Louisiana, 24 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 8,002 feet of concrete. It has 1 water landing area. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ARA · ICAO KARA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Iberia Parish Goverment
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,002 × 200 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 17W/35W | 5,000 × 150 ft | Water | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 23 × 23 ft | Deck, fair |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 17W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.0 | Acadiana |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 118.05 | Acadiana |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | Acadiana |
| Approach and departure | 121.1 | Acadiana |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Acadiana |
| Lafayette and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 | Acadiana |
| Ara and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 337-492-4830.
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Aircraft registered in New Iberia from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in New Iberia, Louisiana: 23 piston singles, 13 helicopters, 4 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rotor wing movement and landing area between the runway and seaway.
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Intensive helo training.
- Seaplane landing area (water channel) not available / permission closed
- Bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Compass rose not available.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B between 1200Z and 2030Z Monday through Friday. Any additional requires 24 prior permission required.
- No overnight camping.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.