Acadiana Regional Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Iberia Parish

Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Iberia Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is New Iberia. As of 2000, the population was 73,266.Iberia Parish is part of the New Iberia Micropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Lafayette–Acadiana Combined Statistical Area.Iberia, along with...

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by Iberia Parish and is located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of New Iberia, Louisiana

New Iberia, Louisiana

New Iberia is a city in and the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, 30 miles southeast of Lafayette. In 1900, 6,815 people lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747...

. From 1960 to 1965 it was Naval Air Station New Iberia

Naval Air Station New Iberia

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Facilities and aircraft

Acadiana Regional Airport covers an area of 2328 acres (942.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 24 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 16/34 which measures 8,002 by 200 feet (2,439 x 61 m). It also has one seaplane

Seaplane

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 landing area designated 16W/34W which measures 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 95,851 aircraft operations, an average of 262 per day: 58% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 32% air taxi

Air taxi

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, 10% military

Military aviation

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 and <1% scheduled commercial

Airline

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, At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 46% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 15% multi-engine, 2% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 37% helicopter

Helicopter

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External links

• Acadiana Regional Airport at Iberia Industrial Development Foundation
• Aerial photo as of 2 March 1998 from USGS The National Map