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).
Weather right now KESF · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,500 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 67°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KESF 061853Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW055 SCT070 32/19 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03170194
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.