General aviation field
Frankfort Dow Memorial Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,050 ft
- Field elevation
- 633 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 44.63, -86.20
Frankfort Dow Memorial Field's 4,050 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 81 jet-capable fields in Michigan, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 193 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.
- 193 mi1 h 01 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 588 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,183one way, all‑in indicative
- 597 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,249one way, all‑in indicative
- 669 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,756one way, all‑in indicative
- 761 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,411one way, all‑in indicative
- 847 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,025one way, all‑in indicative
- 875 mi2 h 59 mfrom $6,222one way, all‑in indicative
- 994 mi3 h 20 mfrom $7,073one 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 ~2,700 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,363 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,475 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,240 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,769 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,271 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,648 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,628 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 4,764 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.