General aviation field
Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field, Indianapolis.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 897 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.75, -86.47
Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field's 4,400 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Indiana, 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 Chicago, 180 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.
- 180 mi58 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 251 mi1 h 11 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 484 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,447one way, all‑in indicative
- 593 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,216one way, all‑in indicative
- 658 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,683one way, all‑in indicative
- 748 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,321one way, all‑in indicative
- 811 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,772one way, all‑in indicative
- 857 mi2 h 56 mfrom $6,099one 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 ~2,721 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,389 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,502 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,266 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,799 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,296 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,676 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,656 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 4,801 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.