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 parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Natchitoches Regional 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 9:45 PM CDT on September 20, 1973, less than an hour after the end of Croce's last concert.
Facilities and aircraft
editNatchitoches 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for IER PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KIER - Natchitoches, Louisiana
External links
edit- Northwestern State University: Flight training facility at Natchitoches
- FAA Terminal Procedures for IER, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IER
- AirNav airport information for KIER
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures