Natchitoches Regional Airport

Natchitoches Regional Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KIER – FAA LID: IER
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Natchitoches
Serves		Natchitoches, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL		121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates		31°44′09″N 093°05′57″W / 31.73583°N 93.09917°W / 31.73583; -93.09917
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	5,003	1,525	Asphalt
7/25	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			15,715
Based aircraft			45
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Natchitoches Regional Airport (ICAO: KIER, FAA LID: IER) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Natchitoches, a city in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IER by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

The airport is the location of the plane crash which claimed the lives of Jim Croce and several others at 10:45 PM EDT on September 20, 1973, less than an hour after the end of Croce's last concert.

Facilities and aircraft

Natchitoches Regional Airport covers an area of 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,003 by 150 feet (1,525 x 46 m) and 7/25 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2008, the airport had 15,715 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% jet, 4% helicopter and 2% ultralight.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for IER (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KIER - Natchitoches, Louisiana

External links

• Northwestern State University: Flight training facility at Natchitoches
• FAA Terminal Procedures for IER, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KIER
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KIER