General aviation field
Blairsville Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,004 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,911 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 10 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.86, -84.00
Blairsville Airport's 5,004 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 94 jet-capable fields in Georgia, at 1,911 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 10 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 14. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 175 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.
- 175 mi57 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 264 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 458 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,258one way, all‑in indicative
- 544 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,872one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 616 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,380one way, all‑in indicative
- 657 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,675one way, all‑in indicative
- 681 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,846one 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 ~2,802 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,489 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,605 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,362 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,911 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,394 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,785 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,764 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,987 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,943 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+ and 8 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,022 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.