Natchitoches Regional
IER · KIER · Natchitoches, Louisiana · Natchitoches County · map
Natchitoches Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Natchitoches, 2 miles south of Natchitoches, Louisiana, 121 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KIER · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 5,000 feet, overcast at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 87°F (30°C), dew point 65°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIER 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 OVC070 30/18 A2991 RMK AO2 T03040182
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IER · ICAO KIER
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Natchitoches
- Elevation
- 121 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 82 ft high 3,600 ft from the end
- Runway 35: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 106 ft high 3,612 ft from the end
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 98 ft high 2,049 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 82 ft high 2,091 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Ier and aWOS-3 | 119.025 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 318-352-1575.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Natchitoches from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Natchitoches, Louisiana: 22 piston singles, 10 piston twins, 1 gyroplane, 1 business jet, 1 balloon. 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 · 1 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
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 through maks approach - 4 clicks; and Flight Service - 6 clicks.
- Odals runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 07 and runway 17 preset low intst continuously, to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and runway 7/25 preset low intst dusk to dawn, to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
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.