Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (KESF) is a medium airport in Alexandria, LA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KESF or IATA code ESF. It sits in North America.

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,998-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,998 ft (1,828 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport sits near sea level at 112 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 95 departing and 137 arriving private-jet legs at KESF across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KESF are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Esler Field, also known as Esler Regional Airport, is a military and public use airfield in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the City of Pineville. It is located 10 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Alexandria, Louisiana, The airfield is owned by the Louisiana Army National Guard and is the home of Army Aviation Support Facility #2 (AASF#2).