Alexandria Municipal Airport

Alexandria Regional Airport

Chandler Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Alexandria
ServesAlexandria, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,425 ft / 434 m
Coordinates45°51′59″N 095°23′41″W / 45.86639°N 95.39472°W / 45.86639; -95.39472
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AXN is located in Minnesota
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Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
AXN is located in the United States
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AXN (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,099 1,554 Asphalt
4/22 4,098 1,249 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014)25,500
Based aircraft (2021)74

Alexandria Regional Airport[1][3] (IATA: AXN, ICAO: KAXN, FAA LID: AXN), also known as Chandler Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Alexandria, a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 1,425 feet (434 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,099 by 100 feet (1,554 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 4,098 by 75 feet (1,249 x 23 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2014, the airport had 25,500 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 90% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 1% military. In August 2021, there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 68 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 2 ultralights.[2]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Bemidji Airlines Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fargo
UPS Minneapolis/St. Paul

Airport Operations

Several operations and/or businesses at the airport include the following:

Historical Scheduled Service

Northwest Airlines offered service to Alexandria on its Minneapolis to Winnipeg, Canada route in 1928.

In August of 1929, Several Minneapolis and Winnipeg, Canada investors formed Canadian-American Airlines, Incorporated. Using six-passenger Travel Air monoplanes, the new line provided for daily five-hour flights between St. Paul and Winnipeg with stops at Minneapolis, St. Cloud, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, Fargo ND, and Grand Forks, ND.[4]

In 1952 Wisconsin Central Airlines began scheduled service for a short time. The flight route was from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, St. Cloud, Alexandria, and Fargo, ND.[5]

In December 1972 Mississippi Valley Airlines had scheduled service to Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and Willmar Municipal Airport[6]

FAA Award History

In 2020 the airport received a $30,000 CARES Act award.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Alexandria Regional Airport (Chandler Field)" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for AXN PDF, effective Sep 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Alexandria Aviation, Inc., the fixed-base operator
  4. ^ "Minnesota History Magazine, Fall 1986" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  5. ^ "Airline Timetable Images". Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  6. ^ "Airline Timetable Images". Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  7. ^ Uren, Adam (April 15, 2020). "97 Minnesota airports receive federal bailout cash, here's how much they got". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $10 Billion in Relief for America's Airports". April 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.