General aviation field
Suwannee County Airport, Live Oak.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,005 ft
- Field elevation
- 104 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 30.30, -83.02
Suwannee County Airport's 4,005 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 111 jet-capable fields in Florida, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Charleston, 251 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.
- 251 mi1 h 11 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 297 mi1 h 19 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 307 mi1 h 20 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 346 mi1 h 27 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 455 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,234one way, all‑in indicative
- 497 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,537one way, all‑in indicative
- 676 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,805one way, all‑in indicative
- 734 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,223one 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 ~2,658 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,310 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,421 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,190 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,711 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,220 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,591 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,571 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,690 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.