Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF)

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport at a glance

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport is a medium airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, known to airline systems as ESF. The field elevation of 112 ft (34 m) is the number every arriving pilot dials against QNH — circuit heights and initial approach altitudes at KESF are all figured from it. There is no scheduled airline service listed here — typical traffic is general aviation, training and local operations.

Of its 2 runways, the longest — 09/27 — offers 5,998 ft (1828 m) of asp surface, with runway lighting for night operations. Runway numbers give magnetic orientation: runway 09 points roughly 90° magnetic.

For the weather side of planning, the live METAR and TAF page for KESF shows the current observation decoded line by line — wind on an instrument dial, visibility, cloud layers and the resulting flight rules — refreshed continuously from official sources.

Flight-planning notes for Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport

Density altitude is the quiet performance-killer at any field: on a hot day the 112 ft field elevation of Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport can translate into a substantially higher density altitude, stretching take-off rolls and flattening climb rates — run the numbers rather than trusting the feel of a standard day. Expect published instrument procedures, controlled airspace and clearance requirements; slots and handling may apply to general aviation traffic.

This entry is one of 917 airports and airfields we list for United States — the country index on the airports hub links the rest. Coordinates above are given in both DMS and decimal degrees so they can go straight into a GPS, a flight planner or a chart plot without conversion.

Where this data comes from

The reference layer behind this page builds on the OurAirports dataset — a public-domain, community-maintained register of the world's airports that many flight planners and apps rely on — with equity records preserved from documented historical listings where the dataset is silent. Figures are carried as published: elevations as surveyed, coordinates as filed, runway dimensions as recorded. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap, and the whole layer regenerates from source on every site build, so corrections upstream arrive here automatically.