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Major airport

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

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Longest paved runway
12,003 ft
Field elevation
645 ft
Runway-capable types
24 of 24
Coordinates
42.21, -83.35
Passengers
2 passengers

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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has the longest runway of the 81 jet-capable fields we list in Michigan, 12,003 ft, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 232 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 ~2,701–3,364 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,701 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,364 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,242–3,771 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,476 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,242 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,771 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,272 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,629–5,555 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,649 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,129 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,555 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,629 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,808–4,929 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,808 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,842 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,903 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,929 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,903 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,765–5,820 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,820 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,316 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,708 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,765 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,239 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,912–6,601 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,912 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,421 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,024 ft here
    • Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,601 ft here

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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