AEX

Alexandria International Airport

ICAO KAEX31.3258°N 92.5467°W88 ft / 27 mMedium airport
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Alexandria International Airport (IATA: AEX, ICAO: KAEX) is a medium airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,352 ft (2,851 m). In 2025 it handled 488 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
FEB 1944
OpenedAlexandria International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
James L. Meyer Terminal
14/32144° / 324° · LIT
LENGTH9,352 ft2,851 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
18/36189° / 009° · LIT
LENGTH7,001 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
279K
287K
241K
264K
257K
249K
189K
279K
289K
358K
363K
488K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsUnited Express 1American Eagle 1Delta Connection 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AEX. From the Wikipedia article “Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana)” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers488K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,121of 3,974 · #264 North America · #180 USLongest runway9,352 ft2,851 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,547of 29,823 · #328 North America · #243 USElevation88 ft27 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,349of 43,341 · =16,949 North America · =14,127 USAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · =1,249 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DPOLK APP/DEP132.050
ASOSASOS123.975
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
CTAFCTAF127.350
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR127.350