General aviation field
Frederick Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,819 ft
- Field elevation
- 303 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 20 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.42, -77.37
At 5,819 ft, Frederick Municipal Airport has the fifth-longest runway of the 15 jet-capable fields in Maryland, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 20 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 4. Washington, D.C.'s published corridors start 33 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 33 mi33 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 201 mi1 h 02 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 381 mi1 h 33 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 405 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,882one way, all‑in indicative
- 474 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,373one way, all‑in indicative
- 556 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,954one way, all‑in indicative
- 581 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,134one way, all‑in indicative
- 894 mi3 h 02 mfrom $6,361one 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. 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
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,674 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,330 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,441 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,209 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,733 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,239 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,613 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,078 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,500 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,592 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 ~4,760 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,793 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,854 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,879 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,854 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,762 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,262 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,651 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,717 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,187 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 5,853 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.