General aviation field
Lee County Airport, Jonesville.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,003 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,411 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 11 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.65, -83.22
Lee County Airport's 5,003 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 51 jet-capable fields in Virginia, at 1,411 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 196 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.
- 196 mi1 h 01 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 316 mi1 h 22 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 352 mi1 h 28 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 452 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,217one way, all‑in indicative
- 572 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,069one way, all‑in indicative
- 712 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,067one way, all‑in indicative
- 731 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,198one way, all‑in indicative
- 750 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,338one 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. 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
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,762 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,440 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,554 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,315 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,856 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,346 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,732 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,711 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,917 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,951 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,014 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.