Acadiana Regional Airport

Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) is a medium airport in New Iberia, LA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KARA or IATA code ARA. It sits in North America.

Acadiana Regional Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 8,002-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 8,002 ft (2,439 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Acadiana Regional Airport sits near sea level at 24 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 48 departing and 121 arriving private-jet legs at KARA across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KARA are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Acadiana Regional Airport is a public use airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by Iberia Parish, managed by the Iberia Parish Airport Authority and is located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of New Iberia, Louisiana near U.S. 90.