Alexandria International Airport Map Print (AEX)

AEX KAEX Alexandria, Louisiana

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your AEX artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Alexandria's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Alexandria International Airport (AEX), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Alexandria's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Alexandria International

AEX · Alexandria, Louisiana

31.3274° N · 92.5486° W
Field elevation 88 ft

Identifier

AEX

ICAO code

KAEX

Field elevation

88ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

3°E

Runways

14/329,352 × 150 ft

18/367,001 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Alexandria International Airport Runway Diagram Print

Alexandria International Airport has two runways, and the print is essentially one large X. Runway 14/32 is 9,352 by 150 feet of concrete on a northwest to southeast diagonal, and runway 18/36, 7,001 by 150 feet of asphalt and concrete, drops almost straight down the sheet, so the two meet a little below the middle of the field and cut it into four uneven wedges. Field elevation is 88 feet above sea level and the magnetic variation is 3E, so the plotted headings sit close to true north. West of the crossing the taxiways close into a long empty loop; east of it the aprons, hangars and terminal blocks pile into a dense band that loads one side of the composition and leaves the other open.

The field started in 1939 as an emergency airstrip for Esler Airfield, about ten miles northeast, and was taken over by the Department of Defense on the eve of World War II as Alexandria Army Air Base, where fighter and bomber crews were trained. It went to standby status in early 1946 and passed to the city of Alexandria as a municipal airport, then was reactivated as Alexandria Air Force Base in 1950 after fighting broke out in Korea. On June 23, 1955 it was renamed England Air Force Base for Lieutenant Colonel John Brooke England, commander of the 389th Bomber Squadron there, who had died that previous November in France when he ran out of fuel on approach and steered away from a barracks. Before 1992 this was a front line Air Force installation, and when the Cold War ended the city created the England Economic and Industrial Development District to take the property over. The civil airport opened in August 1993, and in 1996 the area's commercial flights moved here from Esler Field with service to Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Memphis.

That history is why the diagram has so much room between its lines. The airport covers 3,212 acres, laid out for a front line Air Force base rather than for a small municipal field, and the print keeps that scale: two long runways crossing in open ground, with the built-up side pushed east toward the terminal. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, and taxiways, apron edges and building footprints are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose. It is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions, printed to order for pilots who fly the field, for people who served at England, and for anyone who has waited for a flight in the James L. Meyer Terminal.

Alexandria (AEX) print, common questions

How many runways does Alexandria International Airport have?

Two, and they cross. Runway 14/32 is 9,352 by 150 feet of concrete and runway 18/36 is 7,001 by 150 feet of asphalt and concrete. On the print they form an X that meets just south of the middle of the field.

What is the longest runway at AEX, and how high is the field?

Runway 14/32 is the longest at 9,352 feet. Field elevation is 88 feet above sea level, and that figure appears in the margin of the print.

Where is AEX and what does the code stand for?

AEX is the IATA code for Alexandria International Airport, four nautical miles west of downtown Alexandria in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, at roughly 31.33 north, 92.55 west. It is run by the England Authority, the England Economic and Industrial Development District.

Was AEX an Air Force base?

Yes. Before 1992 it was England Air Force Base, named in 1955 for Lieutenant Colonel John Brooke England, and before that Alexandria Army Air Base and Alexandria Air Force Base. In February 2004 Air Force One brought President George W. Bush in here, and the largest aircraft to have landed at the field appears to have been a C-5 Galaxy.

Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?

Runway designators, lengths, widths and the angle at which the two runways cross follow published airport information for the field. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.

What sizes are there, and does it make a good gift?

It is made to order in several sizes and finishes, on a ground tone you choose at checkout. It suits anyone with a connection to Louisiana aviation, from England Air Force Base veterans to travelers who use the field.