General aviation field
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, Blacksburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,501 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,132 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 16 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.21, -80.41
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport's 5,501 ft of runway is longer than most of the 51 jet-capable fields in Virginia, at 2,132 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 16 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 8. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 200 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.
- 200 mi1 h 02 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 298 mi1 h 19 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 356 mi1 h 29 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 423 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,013one way, all‑in indicative
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 604 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,298one way, all‑in indicative
- 620 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,413one way, all‑in indicative
- 727 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,174one 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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
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 ~2,819 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,511 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,628 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,383 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,936 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,415 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,809 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,354 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,788 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 ~5,019 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,054 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,118 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,144 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,118 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,974 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,469 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550 and 2 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,549 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.