Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (ICAO: KIYA, FAA LID: IYA, formerly 0R3) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) east of the central business district of Abbeville, a city in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]
Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Abbeville | ||||||||||
| Serves | Abbeville, Louisiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°58′33″N 092°05′03″W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IYA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport covers an area of 216 acres (87 ha) at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 14, 2010, the airport had 92,345 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per day: 53% air taxi, 46% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 44% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 3% jet, 43% helicopter, 2% glider and 3% ultralight.[1]