Esler Regional
ESF · KESF · Alexandria, Louisiana · Rapides County · map
Esler Regional is a public-use airport owned by Rapides Parish Police Jury, 10 miles northeast of Alexandria, Louisiana, 112 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,998 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 40 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 15,066 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Esler Regional?
Its FAA code is ESF, and its ICAO code is KESF.
Where is Esler Regional?
It is 10 miles northeast of Alexandria, Louisiana, 112 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Esler Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09/27, is 5,998 feet long.
Does Esler Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Esler Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Esler Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Flightline Air Service LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Esler Regional?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Esler Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ESF · ICAO KESF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rapides Parish Police Jury
- Elevation
- 112 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Tuesday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,998 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 82 ft high 3,080 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 116 ft high 2,056 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 185 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Esf and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 318-484-9031.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Alexandria International (14 nm west), Jonesville Airport (27 nm northeast), Allen Parish Airport (44 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Louisiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09, 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; high-intensity runway lights runway 9/27; taxiway lights taxiways a, B, C, D and east - the common traffic frequency.
- PL 85-204/SPECIAL act of congress
- Fence 100 feet 0B and small tree 14 feet tall 232 feet from end of runway.
- Runway 09 runway end identifier lightss out of service
- Runway 14 runway end identifier lights out of service
- Runway markings severely faded
- Runway markings severely faded
- Runway 14 PAPI out of service
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport seasonally.
- Paew adjacent runways and taxiways.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 20 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 3 |
| other | 16 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,066, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,300 |
| general aviation, local | 1,425 |
| military | 8,341 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Flightline Air Service LLC 4 aircraft · Pineville, 9 miles away Flightline Air Service is a fixed base operator at Pineville Municipal Airport in Louisiana.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alexandria 46 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Flightline Air Service LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ESF.json.
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 26, 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.