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General aviation field

Macon County Airport, Franklin.

K1A5 · Franklin, NC — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,002 ft
Field elevation
2,020 ft
Runway-capable types
9 of 24
Coordinates
35.22, -83.42
Passengers
2 passengers

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Macon County Airport's 5,002 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 71 jet-capable fields in North Carolina, at 2,020 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 193 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.

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 ~2,811–3,500 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,811 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,500 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,373–3,923 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,617 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,373 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,923 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,405 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,776–3,797 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,797 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,776 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~4,958 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,958 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,003 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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