Regional airport
Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,547 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,156 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.55, -94.19
At 6,547 ft, Fort Dodge Regional Airport has the fourth-longest runway of the 61 jet-capable fields in Iowa, at 1,156 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 322 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.
- 322 mi1 h 23 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 598 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,257one way, all‑in indicative
- 686 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,879one way, all‑in indicative
- 700 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,977one way, all‑in indicative
- 837 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,952one way, all‑in indicative
- 868 mi2 h 58 mfrom $6,173one way, all‑in indicative
- 876 mi2 h 59 mfrom $6,230one 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 ~2,742 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,414 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,528 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,290 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,827 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,321 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,704 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,207 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,639 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,683 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 ~4,881 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,915 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,977 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,003 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,977 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,908 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,396 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,794 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,837 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,318 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,001 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,517 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,115 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,701 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.