Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field
AXN · KAXN · Alexandria, Minnesota · Douglas County · map
Alexandria Rgnl/Chandler Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Alexandria, 2 miles southwest of Alexandria, Minnesota, 1,425 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,099 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AXN · ICAO KAXN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Alexandria
- Elevation
- 1,425 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to August, Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; September to May, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,099 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,098 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 59 ft high 2,033 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Axn and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 320-763-7174.
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
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Alexandria, Minnesota: 41 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 04/22; PAPI runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; odals RY31; runway end identifier lights runway 13; PAPI runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 31 has a road in prim surface 55 feet from the runway end and 469 feet R
- Waterfowl and jackrabbits on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Ultralight traffic on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Yellow box on ramp resd for med helicopter - beware of rotor blast at tie-downs.
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.