Regional airport
Grand Forks International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 7,351 ft
- Field elevation
- 845 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 47.95, -97.18
At 7,351 ft, Grand Forks International Airport has the fifth-longest runway of the 23 jet-capable fields in North Dakota, 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, 605 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.
- 605 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,306one way, all‑in indicative
- 677 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,814one way, all‑in indicative
- 693 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,928one way, all‑in indicative
- 718 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,108one way, all‑in indicative
- 772 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,493one way, all‑in indicative
- 879 mi3 h 00 mfrom $6,255one way, all‑in indicative
- 977 mi3 h 17 mfrom $6,950one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,044 mi3 h 28 mfrom $7,425one 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 ~2,717 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,384 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,496 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,261 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,793 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,291 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,671 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,160 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,588 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,650 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 ~4,837 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,870 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,932 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,958 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,932 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,855 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,347 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,742 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,794 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,270 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,947 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,459 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,060 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,640 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.