General aviation field
Columbia-Marion County Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 265 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 18 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.30, -89.81
Columbia-Marion County Airport's 5,500 ft of runway is longer than most of the 45 jet-capable fields in Mississippi, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Houston, 345 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.
- 345 mi1 h 27 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 379 mi1 h 33 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 426 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,029one way, all‑in indicative
- 473 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,365one way, all‑in indicative
- 582 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,142one way, all‑in indicative
- 603 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,290one way, all‑in indicative
- 667 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,748one way, all‑in indicative
- 687 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,887one 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 ~2,671 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,326 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,437 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,205 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,728 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,236 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,608 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,072 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,493 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,588 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 ~4,755 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,788 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,848 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,848 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,256 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,712 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,181 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 5,645 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.