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Regional airport

Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.

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Longest paved runway
6,502 ft
Field elevation
874 ft
Runway-capable types
23 of 24
Coordinates
42.23, -85.55
Passengers
2 passengers

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Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's 6,502 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Michigan's 81 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 Chicago, 121 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,719–3,387 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,719 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,387 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,263–3,796 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,499 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,263 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,796 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,294 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,653–5,593 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,674 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,164 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,593 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,653 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,841–4,962 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,841 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,875 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,936 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,962 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,936 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,798–5,860 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,860 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,352 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,747 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,798 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,275 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,952–6,464 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,952 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,464 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,065 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,646 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.