General aviation field
Port Meadville Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,399 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 11 of 24
- Coordinates
- 41.63, -80.21
Port Meadville Airport's 5,001 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Pennsylvania, at 1,399 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 236 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.
- 236 mi1 h 08 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 325 mi1 h 23 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 397 mi1 h 36 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 461 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,283one way, all‑in indicative
- 514 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,659one way, all‑in indicative
- 526 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,741one way, all‑in indicative
- 603 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,290one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,032 mi3 h 26 mfrom $7,343one 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 ~2,761 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,439 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,553 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,313 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,854 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,345 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,730 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,709 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,915 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,949 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,871 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,012 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.