Alexandria International
AEX · KAEX · Alexandria, Louisiana · Rapides County · map
Alexandria International is a public-use airport owned by England Authority, 4 miles west of Alexandria, Louisiana, 88 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 9,352 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)) and about 55 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 32,397 takeoffs and landings a year. About 130,139 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAEX · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 9,000 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 65°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:56 pm CDT (17:56 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAEX 062153Z 32005KT 10SM FEW090 32/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T03220183
TAF KAEX 061756Z 0618/0718 05006KT P6SM SCT030 FM062300 VRB04KT P6SM BKN250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AEX · ICAO KAEX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- England Authority
- Elevation
- 88 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,200 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 9,352 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 7,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 76 ft high 1,798 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.35 | Alexandria |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Alexandria |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | Alexandria |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Alexandria |
| Aex and automated weather (ASOS) | 123.975 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 318-442-6583.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 32,397, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Alexandria from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Alexandria, Louisiana: 38 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR only.
- Light aircraft frequency cross approach zones to runway 14/32 below 2000 feet above sea level.
- Right retangular 1200 feet above ground level, left overhead 1700 feet above ground level.
- Multicom frequency 130.00 available.
- Center 75 feet of first 3000 feet of runway 18 concrete, remainder is asphalt.
- Extv light aircraft traffic (cropdusters) below 900 feet to civil airport 3.5 NM wsw of field.
- Extensive helicopter traffic during military exer.
- Commercial and lifeguard aircraft only on commercial terminal ramp; all other aircraft utilize taxiway a to the FBO (fixed-base operator).
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.