Richard'S Airport
LS38 · New Iberia, Louisiana · Iberia County · map
Richard'S Airport is a private airport, 7 miles northwest of New Iberia, Louisiana, 15 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LS38
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,200 × 45 ft | Grass |
- Runway 07: trees 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Acadiana Regional (2 nm northwest), Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial (11 nm west), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (13 nm northwest), Harry P Williams Memorial (33 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Acadiana Regional (2 nm northwest), Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial (11 nm west), LE Maire Memorial (13 nm southeast), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (13 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
- Provided letter of agreement with acadiana regional remains in effect.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in New Iberia:
- Sunset Aviation LLC 141 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in New Iberia:
- Aviation Academy of Louisiana LLC. Aviation Academy of Louisiana is an FAA Part 141-certified flight school and Part 145 repair station based in New Iberia, Louisiana, offering helicopter and airplane flight training, aircraft sales, and maintenance services.
- Aviation Exteriors Louisiana, LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in New Iberia 44 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 13 helicopters, 4 turboprops
- Bristow US LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Bristow U S LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Sunset Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bristow U.S. LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Sunset Aviation LLC 141 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aviation Academy of Louisiana LLC. · repair station
- Aviation Exteriors Louisiana, LLC · repair station
- 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/LS38.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.