General aviation field
Somerset County Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,002 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,275 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 9 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.04, -79.01
Somerset County Airport's 5,002 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Pennsylvania, at 2,275 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 Washington, D.C., 113 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.
- 113 mi47 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 266 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 435 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,095one way, all‑in indicative
- 476 mi1 h 50 mfrom $3,389one way, all‑in indicative
- 484 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,447one way, all‑in indicative
- 497 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,537one way, all‑in indicative
- 497 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,537one way, all‑in indicative
- 925 mi3 h 08 mfrom $6,582one 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 ~2,831 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,525 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,643 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,397 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,951 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,429 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,824 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,803 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,994 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 5,039 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.