Maks Army Airfield
POE · KPOE · Fort Polk, Louisiana · Vernon County · map
Maks Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the U.S.Army, 7 miles southeast of Fort Polk, Louisiana, 330 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,107 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA POE · ICAO KPOE
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- U.S.Army
- Elevation
- 330 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with approach control · 1300-0500z++ daily
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm to 0500z++; weekends, 1:00 pm to 2100z++
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,107 × 100 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 194 ft
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.0 | Maks |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Poe and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.85 | Maks |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Maks |
| Approach and departure · Flt and flw | 123.7 | Maks |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | Alexandria |
| Approach and departure | 132.05 | |
| Operations Poe operations | 118.575 | Maks |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 134.1 | Maks |
| Range and ctl | 143.2 | Maks |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Leesville Airport (11 nm northwest), Beauregard Regional (15 nm southwest), Allen Parish Airport (31 nm southeast), Alexandria International (37 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Leesville Airport (11 nm northwest), Beauregard Regional (15 nm southwest), Allen Parish Airport (31 nm southeast), Hart Airport (34 nm northwest).
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
- Pre dates act.
- Traffic pattern: all pattern west of field. F/west traffic 1800' R/west traffic 1200'.
- Closed federal holidays.
- 4' side fences 200' from centerline both runway ends.
- Misc: surface visibility obsn blocked NW-SE by hills, building and trees.
- SERVICE-FUEL: a++.
- Oil: O-156.
- Service tran alert: ltd service.
- Misc: S-VFR daylight 500-1, night unaided/nvd 500-2.
- See flip AP/1 supplementary airport information.
- Afld mgmt operates 1300-1500Z++ MON-FRI, closed holidays.
- C130 parking ltd to 2 aircraft. C130 may lnd only when parking is available
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Polk from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Polk, Louisiana: 1 piston single. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Fort Polk 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 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 3,735 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/POE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.