KARA · Acadiana Regional Airport

NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

Elevation ft

Runways

8,002

Longest ft · 16/34

30.04N

91.88W

Acadiana Regional Airport serves New Iberia, Louisiana at 24 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 8,002 by 200 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
16/34	8,002 × 200 ft	concrete	lit
16W/34W	5,000 × 150 ft	water	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 24 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	24 ft	2,443 ft	2,113 ft	3,169 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,224 ft	2,677 ft	2,239 ft	3,359 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,424 ft	2,911 ft	2,366 ft	3,549 ft
35°C afternoon	2,430 ft	2,912 ft	2,366 ft	3,550 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 8,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,550 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KARA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KIYA Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport	11 nm W	5,000 ft
KLFT Lafayette Regional Airport	11 nm NW	8,000 ft
KOPL St Landry Parish Ahart Field	33 nm N	5,999 ft
KPTN Harry P Williams Memorial Airport	35 nm SE	5,399 ft
4R7 Eunice Airport	38 nm NW	5,001 ft
K3R7 Jennings Airport	43 nm W	5,002 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KARA

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KARA, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KARA or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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