Regional airport
Hector International Airport, Fargo.
- Longest paved runway
- 9,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 902 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 46.92, -96.82
Hector International Airport has the longest runway of the 23 jet-capable fields we list in North Dakota, 9,001 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, 550 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.
- 550 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,913one way, all‑in indicative
- 648 mi2 h 20 mfrom $4,609one way, all‑in indicative
- 687 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,887one way, all‑in indicative
- 713 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,076one way, all‑in indicative
- 734 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,223one way, all‑in indicative
- 880 mi3 h 00 mfrom $6,263one way, all‑in indicative
- 910 mi3 h 05 mfrom $6,476one way, all‑in indicative
- 972 mi3 h 16 mfrom $6,918one 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 ~2,722 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,389 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,502 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,266 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,799 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,297 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,677 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,168 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,597 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,656 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 ~4,845 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,879 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,940 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,966 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,940 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,865 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,356 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,752 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,802 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,279 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,957 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,469 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,070 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,651 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.