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Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport, Alexandria.

KESF · ESF · Alexandria, LA — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.Flying to Alexandria →
Longest paved runway
5,998 ft
Field elevation
112 ft
Runway-capable types
22 of 24
Coordinates
31.39, -92.29
Passengers
2 passengers

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Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport's 5,998 ft of runway is longer than most of the 41 jet-capable fields in Louisiana, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Houston, 215 miles away.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.

Runway

What can operate here

Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.

This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.

  • Turboprop

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,659–3,311 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,659 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,311 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,191–3,711 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,421 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,191 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,711 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,221 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,572–5,468 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,592 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,049 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,468 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,572 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,733–4,851 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,733 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,766 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,826 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,851 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,826 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,691–5,729 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,729 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,233 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,619 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,691 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,157 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,819–5,930 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,819 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,930 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,320 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.