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General aviation field

Lucas Field, Nicholasville.

79KY · Nicholasville, KY — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,488 ft
Field elevation
906 ft
Runway-capable types
17 of 24
Coordinates
37.87, -84.61
Passengers
2 passengers

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Lucas Field's 5,488 ft of runway is longer than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Kentucky, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 166 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.

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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,722–3,390 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,722 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,390 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,266–3,800 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,503 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,266 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,800 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,297 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,657–5,169 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,677 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,169 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,657 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,845–4,966 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,845 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,879 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,941 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,966 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,941 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,802–5,357 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,357 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,802 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,280 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 5,598 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.