KESF Esler Regional Airport
Alexandria, LA · 10 miles NE of ALEXANDRIA, LA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KESF
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 111.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 31-23-41.6550N 092-17-44.7830W
- Lat / Long
- 31.3949042, -92.2957731
- Mag. variation
- 01E (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 01/1941
- ARTCC
- HOUSTON CENTER
- FSS
- DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- ESF (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- TUE-FRI 0700-1730
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 27; REIL RWY 09, 14/32; MIRL RWY 14/32; HIRL RWY 9/27; TWY LGTS TWYS A, B, C, D & E - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KESF
Runways
Longest 5998 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5998 x 150 ft. / 1828 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 75.0
Runway 9
- Heading
- 090 magnetic, 091 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 96.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 82 ft. trees, 3080 ft. from runway, 35:1 slope to clear
Runway 27
- Heading
- 270 magnetic, 271 true
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- RWY 09 REILS OTS
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 89.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
- Dimensions
- 5600 x 150 ft. / 1707 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 75.0
Runway 14
- Heading
- 144 magnetic, 145 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- precision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 111.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 116 ft. trees, 2056 ft. from runway, 1324 ft. both sides of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear
Runway 32
- Heading
- 324 magnetic, 325 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- RWY 14 PAPI OTS
- Markings
- precision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- RWY 14 REIL OTS
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 87.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 5 ft. fence, 185 ft. from runway
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Asos
- 119.425 (318-484-9031)
- Maks Approach
- 125.4
- Maks Departure
- 125.4
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FUEL AVBL TUE-FRI 0700-1700; SAT-MON ON CALL IN ADVANCE CALL 318-443-5566. 100LL SELF SERVE 24HRS
- Parking
- tiedowns
Ownership
- Manager
- LOUIS BUSBY 7625 ESLER FIELD RD PINEVILLE, LA 71360 Phone 985-750-0485
- Manager phone
- 985-750-0485
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.