General aviation field
Elliott Field, Dawsonville.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,619 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,500 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.46, -84.18
Elliott Field's 5,619 ft of runway is longer than most of the 94 jet-capable fields in Georgia, at 1,500 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 182 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 182 mi59 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 261 mi1 h 12 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 484 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,447one way, all‑in indicative
- 566 mi2 h 05 mfrom $4,028one way, all‑in indicative
- 589 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,192one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 635 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,519one way, all‑in indicative
- 708 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,035one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,769 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,448 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,563 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,323 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,865 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,354 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,741 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,258 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,720 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,929 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,964 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,026 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,053 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,026 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,450 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,885 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,371 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,695 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.