General aviation field
Indian Lake Airport, Central City.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,490 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,442 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.05, -78.85
Indian Lake Airport's 4,490 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Pennsylvania, at 2,442 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 107 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.
- 107 mi46 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 258 mi1 h 12 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 426 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,029one way, all‑in indicative
- 467 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,324one way, all‑in indicative
- 493 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,504one way, all‑in indicative
- 498 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,545one way, all‑in indicative
- 505 mi1 h 55 mfrom $3,594one way, all‑in indicative
- 926 mi3 h 08 mfrom $6,590one 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 ~2,844 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,542 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,660 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,413 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,970 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,445 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,842 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,821 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,017 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.