General aviation field
Lafayette Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,200 ft
- Field elevation
- 969 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 15 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.52, -86.06
Lafayette Municipal Airport's 5,200 ft of runway is longer 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. 15 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 9. Nashville's published corridors start 44 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 44 mi35 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 399 mi1 h 36 mfrom $2,841one way, all‑in indicative
- 423 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,013one way, all‑in indicative
- 498 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,545one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 712 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,067one way, all‑in indicative
- 713 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,076one way, all‑in indicative
- 760 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,403one 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 ~2,727 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,396 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,509 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,272 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,807 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,303 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,684 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,178 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,663 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 ~4,854 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,888 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,950 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,976 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,950 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,811 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500 and 3 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,289 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.