KARA Acadiana Rgnl

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 040° true at 4 kt · VFR · 40 min old · from KIYA (11.0 nm away)

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35 31% 8002 ft · 2 kt head, 3 kt x-right · right traffic

35W 28% 5000 ft · 2 kt head, 3 kt x-right

17 21% 8002 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

17W 19% 5000 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 17 until 03-01 13:00Z

RWY 17 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 35

WIND 2 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 40 min ago +0.09
PRIOR runway length 8002 ft +0.05

Runway 35W

WIND 2 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 40 min ago +0.09
PRIOR runway length 5000 ft -0.05

Runway 17

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 40 min ago -0.30
PRIOR runway length 8002 ft +0.05

Runway 17W

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 40 min ago -0.30
PRIOR runway length 5000 ft -0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	40 min	Nearest station KIYA (11.0 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	716 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KARA field & runways

Acadiana Rgnl, New Iberia, Louisiana. Field elevation 24 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 0.0°W on record, 0.4°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.081°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
17	167.6°	168.0°	matches	8,002 ft	CONC	left
17W	167.7°	168.1°	—	5,000 ft	WATER	right
35	347.6°	348.0°	matches	8,002 ft	CONC	right	ILS
35W	347.7°	348.1°	—	5,000 ft	WATER	left

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KARA ☆ Acadiana Rgnl