General aviation field
Vaiden Field, Marion.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 225 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.51, -87.39
Vaiden Field's 6,400 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Alabama's 68 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 253 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.
- 253 mi1 h 11 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 428 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,045one way, all‑in indicative
- 507 mi1 h 55 mfrom $3,610one way, all‑in indicative
- 551 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,921one way, all‑in indicative
- 555 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,946one way, all‑in indicative
- 595 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,232one way, all‑in indicative
- 626 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,453one way, all‑in indicative
- 627 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,462one 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 ~2,668 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,322 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,433 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,201 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,724 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,232 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,604 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,066 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,487 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,584 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 ~4,749 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,782 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,842 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,868 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,842 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,749 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,250 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,638 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,707 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,175 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,839 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,342 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,950 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,520 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.