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) and about 62 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 91,595 takeoffs and landings a year. About 21 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial?
Its FAA code is IYA, and its ICAO code is KIYA.
Where is Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial?
It is 3 miles east of Abbeville, Louisiana, 16 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 5,000 feet long.
Does Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Acadiana Regional (11 nm east), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (15 nm north), Eunice Airport (34 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Louisiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 40 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 16 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 91,595, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 48,942 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,312 |
| general aviation, local | 25,266 |
| military | 75 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 13 training center evaluators, 4 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Peyton Augustine Enloe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Lafayette, LA (15 nm) · (337) 739-4627 · [email protected]
All 29 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Abbeville 17 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IYA.json.
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 26, 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.