diff --git a/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp b/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
index 14e863771fc0..084e9ef3486d 100644
--- a/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
+++ b/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
@@ -3883,7 +3883,9 @@ bool SetupTargetLayer::CanUseWriteArrowBatch(
         !psOptions->bMakeValid)
     {
         struct ArrowArrayStream streamSrc;
-        if (poSrcLayer->GetArrowStream(&streamSrc, nullptr))
+        const char *const apszOptions[] = {"SILENCE_GET_SCHEMA_ERROR=YES",
+                                           nullptr};
+        if (poSrcLayer->GetArrowStream(&streamSrc, apszOptions))
         {
             struct ArrowSchema schemaSrc;
             if (streamSrc.get_schema(&streamSrc, &schemaSrc) == 0)
diff --git a/autotest/generate_parquet_test_file.py b/autotest/generate_parquet_test_file.py
index b0c89261ad65..06ae46e218e3 100644
--- a/autotest/generate_parquet_test_file.py
+++ b/autotest/generate_parquet_test_file.py
@@ -521,8 +521,11 @@ def generate_test_parquet():
         type=pa.binary(),
     )
 
+    null = pa.array([None] * 5, type=pa.null())
+
     names = [
         "boolean",
+        "null",
         "uint8",
         "int8",
         "uint16",
diff --git a/autotest/ogr/data/arrow/test.feather b/autotest/ogr/data/arrow/test.feather
index ad4fe9612ec7..219512352f71 100644
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diff --git a/autotest/ogr/data/parquet/test.parquet b/autotest/ogr/data/parquet/test.parquet
index c3b1d4cc13dc..846543134db4 100644
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diff --git a/autotest/ogr/data/parquet/test_single_group.parquet b/autotest/ogr/data/parquet/test_single_group.parquet
index c01a5e6191bd..d6063cb13079 100644
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diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/arrow_common/ograrrowlayer.hpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/arrow_common/ograrrowlayer.hpp
index d0506ebef3a2..5b72692f4109 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/arrow_common/ograrrowlayer.hpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/arrow_common/ograrrowlayer.hpp
@@ -4286,6 +4286,17 @@ inline int OGRArrowLayer::GetArrowSchema(struct ArrowArrayStream *stream,
 /*                     GetArrowSchemaInternal()                         */
 /************************************************************************/
 
+static bool IsSilentlyIgnoredFormatForGetArrowSchemaArray(const char *format)
+{
+    // n: null
+    for (const char *pszSilentyIgnoredFormat : {"n"})
+    {
+        if (strcmp(format, pszSilentyIgnoredFormat) == 0)
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 inline int
 OGRArrowLayer::GetArrowSchemaInternal(struct ArrowSchema *out_schema) const
 {
@@ -4366,11 +4377,32 @@ OGRArrowLayer::GetArrowSchemaInternal(struct ArrowSchema *out_schema) const
                 out_schema->children[i]->release(out_schema->children[i]);
                 out_schema->children[i] = nullptr;
             }
+            else if (IsSilentlyIgnoredFormatForGetArrowSchemaArray(
+                         out_schema->children[i]->format))
+            {
+                // Silently ignore columns with null data type...
+                out_schema->children[i]->release(out_schema->children[i]);
+            }
             else
             {
-                // shouldn't happen
-                CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
-                         "fieldDesc[%d].nIdx < 0 not expected", i);
+                // can happen with data types we don't support
+                if (m_aosArrowArrayStreamOptions.FetchBool(
+                        "SILENCE_GET_SCHEMA_ERROR", false))
+                {
+                    CPLDebug(GetDriverUCName().c_str(),
+                             "GetArrowSchema() error: fieldDesc[%d].nIdx < 0 "
+                             "not expected: name=%s, format=%s",
+                             i, out_schema->children[i]->name,
+                             out_schema->children[i]->format);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_NotSupported,
+                             "GetArrowSchema() error: fieldDesc[%d].nIdx < 0 "
+                             "not expected: name=%s, format=%s",
+                             i, out_schema->children[i]->name,
+                             out_schema->children[i]->format);
+                }
                 for (; i < out_schema->n_children; ++i, ++j)
                     out_schema->children[j] = out_schema->children[i];
                 out_schema->n_children = j;
@@ -4503,14 +4535,17 @@ inline int OGRArrowLayer::GetNextArrowArray(struct ArrowArrayStream *stream,
             return EIO;
         }
 
-        // Remove bounding box columns from exported array
-        const auto RemoveBBoxColumns =
+        // Remove bounding box columns from exported array, or columns
+        // of unsupported data types that we voluntarily strip off.
+        const auto RemoveBBoxOrUnsupportedColumns =
             [out_array, &schema](const std::set<int> &oSetBBoxArrayIndex)
         {
             int j = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(schema.n_children); ++i)
             {
-                if (oSetBBoxArrayIndex.find(i) != oSetBBoxArrayIndex.end())
+                if (oSetBBoxArrayIndex.find(i) != oSetBBoxArrayIndex.end() ||
+                    IsSilentlyIgnoredFormatForGetArrowSchemaArray(
+                        schema.children[i]->format))
                 {
                     out_array->children[i]->release(out_array->children[i]);
                     out_array->children[i] = nullptr;
@@ -4537,11 +4572,11 @@ inline int OGRArrowLayer::GetNextArrowArray(struct ArrowArrayStream *stream,
                 if (iter.second.iArrayIdx >= 0)
                     oSetBBoxArrayIndex.insert(iter.second.iArrayIdx);
             }
-            RemoveBBoxColumns(oSetBBoxArrayIndex);
+            RemoveBBoxOrUnsupportedColumns(oSetBBoxArrayIndex);
         }
         else
         {
-            RemoveBBoxColumns(m_oSetBBoxArrowColumns);
+            RemoveBBoxOrUnsupportedColumns(m_oSetBBoxArrowColumns);
         }
 
         if (EQUAL(m_aosArrowArrayStreamOptions.FetchNameValueDef(