General aviation field
Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,257 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,060 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 44.33, -93.31
Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field's 4,257 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 64 jet-capable fields in Minnesota, at 1,060 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 312 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.
- 312 mi1 h 21 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 665 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,732one way, all‑in indicative
- 677 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,814one way, all‑in indicative
- 781 mi2 h 43 mfrom $5,559one way, all‑in indicative
- 816 mi2 h 49 mfrom $5,804one way, all‑in indicative
- 867 mi2 h 58 mfrom $6,164one way, all‑in indicative
- 875 mi2 h 59 mfrom $6,222one way, all‑in indicative
- 898 mi3 h 03 mfrom $6,386one 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 ~2,734 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,405 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,518 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,281 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,817 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,312 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,694 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,673 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,824 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.