Alexandria International Airport
Alexandria International Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KAEX |
IATA code | AEX |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 27 m (89 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 7 km west of Alexandria |
Street | I-49 / LA 28 |
Basic data | |
operator | England Authority |
surface | 924 ha |
Passengers | 255,229 (2016) |
Air freight | 6 t (2016) |
Flight movements |
36,641 (2016) |
Employees | 2,161 (2007) |
Runways | |
14/32 | 2850 m × 46 m concrete (grooved) |
18/36 | 2134 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Alexandria International Airport is a public airport in Louisiana in the USA , 7 km west of the city of Alexandria is located. The airport is operated by the "England Authority", which also markets the entire site of the former military base as the "England Economic and Industrial Development District". Despite the addition of "International" to the name, there are no international scheduled flights, but charter flights for the US armed forces overseas are operated from here. More military charter flights are said to be handled via Alexandria than via any other civil airport in the USA.
Prior to 1992, this facility was known as the England Air Force Base and was a major air force base established during World War II . The base was active until after the Cold War and was closed on December 15, 1992 and handed over to the current operator, who started civil flight operations in August 1993.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AirportIQ 5010: Alexandria International. GCR1.com, accessed September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on October 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ AEX Master Plan. EnglandAirPark.org, archived from the original on September 21, 2017 ; accessed on September 20, 2017 (English).
- ↑ "We deploy and bring home more soldiers than any other civilian airport in the United States" ( Memento from April 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ URS Corporation: Noise Compatibility Program. (pdf; 118 kB) England Economic & Industrial Development District, August 14, 2007, archived from the original on September 19, 2015 ; accessed on March 2, 2013 .