Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial
IYA · KIYA · Abbeville, Louisiana · Vermilion County · map
Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Abbeville, 3 miles east of Abbeville, Louisiana, 16 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KIYA · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,300 feet
- Temperature 89°F (31°C), dew point 71°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KIYA 062015Z AUTO 05007KT 020V080 10SM FEW043 31/22 A2985 RMK AO2 T03140218 $
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 IYA · ICAO KIYA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Abbeville
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 336 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 80 × 80 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 16: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 7 ft high 360 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 47 ft high 1,315 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.1 | |
| Iya and aWOS-3PT | 118.875 | |
| Lafayette and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 337-892-0526.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Abbeville from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Abbeville, Louisiana: 11 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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 lafayette approach and DE ridder Flight Service.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and runway end identifier lights runways 16 and 34 preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude 336 feet above ground level ultrlight WI 3 miles of airport.
- 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.