General aviation field
Gaylord Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,579 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,328 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 45.01, -84.70
Gaylord Regional Airport's 6,579 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Michigan's 81 jet-capable fields, at 1,328 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, 257 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.
- 257 mi1 h 12 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 560 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,987one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 623 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,429one way, all‑in indicative
- 692 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,920one way, all‑in indicative
- 781 mi2 h 43 mfrom $5,559one way, all‑in indicative
- 873 mi2 h 59 mfrom $6,214one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,062 mi3 h 32 mfrom $7,556one 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 ~2,756 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,431 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,546 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,307 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,846 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,338 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,723 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,232 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,667 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,702 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 ~4,905 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,939 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,002 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,028 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,002 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,937 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,423 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,823 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,861 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,345 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,031 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,550 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,145 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,734 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.