General aviation field
Effingham County Memorial Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,103 ft
- Field elevation
- 587 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.07, -88.53
Effingham County Memorial Airport's 5,103 ft of runway is longer than most of the 69 jet-capable fields in Illinois, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 14 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 10. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 213 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.
- 213 mi1 h 04 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 228 mi1 h 07 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 595 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,232one way, all‑in indicative
- 633 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,503one way, all‑in indicative
- 638 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,535one way, all‑in indicative
- 756 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,379one way, all‑in indicative
- 776 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,518one way, all‑in indicative
- 803 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,714one 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 ~2,697 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,358 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,470 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,236 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,764 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,267 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,643 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,623 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 ~4,800 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,834 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,895 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,920 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,895 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,757 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X and 4 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,121 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.