General aviation field
Mark Anton Airport, Dayton.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 719 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.49, -84.93
Mark Anton Airport's 5,001 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 61 jet-capable fields in Tennessee, 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 Nashville, 107 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.
- 107 mi46 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 331 mi1 h 25 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 475 mi1 h 50 mfrom $3,381one way, all‑in indicative
- 484 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,447one way, all‑in indicative
- 671 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,773one way, all‑in indicative
- 672 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,781one way, all‑in indicative
- 696 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,953one way, all‑in indicative
- 705 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,018one 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 ~2,707 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,371 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,484 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,249 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,779 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,279 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,657 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,637 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 ~4,819 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,852 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,914 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,939 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,914 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,776 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 5,141 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.