Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana)

For other similarly named airports, see Alexandria Airport (disambiguation). For the military use of this facility before 1992, see England Air Force Base.

Alexandria International Airport
AEX Upgraded Passenger Terminal, 2007
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEngland Authority
ServesAlexandria, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL88 ft / 27 m
Coordinates31°19′39″N 92°32′55″W / 31.32750°N 92.54861°W / 31.32750; -92.54861
Websiteenglandairpark.org
Map
AEX is located in Louisiana
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Location of airport in Louisiana
AEX is located in the United States
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AEX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 9,352 2,850 Concrete
18/36 7,001 2,134 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations30,130
Based aircraft55

Alexandria International Airport (IATA: AEX[2], ICAO: KAEX, FAA LID: AEX) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) west of the central business district of Alexandria, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] The airport is operated by the England Authority, also known as the England Economic and Industrial Development District, an independent political subdivision of the State of Louisiana. Although international commercial flight operations are not conducted, charter flights for the U.S. military to international destinations are routinely conducted from the airfield with this activity including the transportation of U.S. troops to overseas locations.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[3] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 142,223 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 154,736 enplanements in 2009, and 179,129 in 2010.[5]

Prior to 1992, the facility was known as England Air Force Base, which was a front-line United States Air Force base which was opened during World War II and was used during the Cold War.

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for AEX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (AEX: Alexandria International)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.