KARA — Acadiana Rgnl
New Iberia, LA · field elevation 24 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KARA current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KARA 111153Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/23 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 70020 T02390233 10244 20228 53007
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 852 ft · pressure altitude -166 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KARA 111120Z 1112/1212 18004KT P6SM SCT250 FM111800 21006KT P6SM SCT250 PROB30 1118/1122 3SM TSRA BKN050CB
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.03776, -91.88390
- Elevation
- 24 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1133Z / 0052Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 0° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Iberia, LA
Airport diagram
Everything else KARA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,002 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
| 17W/35W | 5,000 | 150 | WATER | MED |
| H1 | 23 | 23 | DECK | — |
Frequencies
- Tower 0600-2100
- 125.0
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD
- 118.05
- CTAF
- 125.0
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 121.1
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KARA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.