KARA is the ICAO code for Acadiana Regional Airport (IATA ARA), located in New Iberia, LA.
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.