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Regional airport

Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver.

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Longest paved runway
6,750 ft
Field elevation
2,504 ft
Runway-capable types
22 of 24
Coordinates
37.79, -81.12
Passengers
2 passengers

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Raleigh County Memorial Airport's 6,750 ft of runway is longer than most of the 18 jet-capable fields in West Virginia, and its 2,504 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 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., 214 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. 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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,849–3,548 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,849 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,548 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,419–3,977 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,666 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,419 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,977 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,451 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,827–5,859 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,849 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,410 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,859 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,827 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,071–5,198 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,071 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,107 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,171 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,198 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,171 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,026–6,139 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,139 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,607 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,021 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,026 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,526 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~6,236–6,354 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,236 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,354 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,772 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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