KESF is the ICAO code for Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport (IATA ESF), located in Alexandria, LA.
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.