Regional airport
Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,501 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,252 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.35, -79.93
Allegheny County Airport's 6,501 ft of runway is longer than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Pennsylvania, at 1,252 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 163 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.
- 163 mi55 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 310 mi1 h 21 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 432 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,070one way, all‑in indicative
- 468 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,332one way, all‑in indicative
- 471 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,348one way, all‑in indicative
- 516 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,668one way, all‑in indicative
- 520 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,700one way, all‑in indicative
- 945 mi3 h 11 mfrom $6,721one 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 ~2,750 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,424 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,538 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,299 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,838 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,331 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,714 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,221 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,655 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,694 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 ~4,894 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,928 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,991 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,017 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,991 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,924 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,411 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,810 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,851 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,333 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,018 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,132 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,536 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.