General aviation field
Marion County Rankin Fite Airport, Hamilton.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,495 ft
- Field elevation
- 436 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.12, -88.00
Marion County Rankin Fite Airport's 5,495 ft of runway is longer than most of the 68 jet-capable fields in Alabama, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 158 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.
- 158 mi54 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 466 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,316one way, all‑in indicative
- 518 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,684one way, all‑in indicative
- 527 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,749one way, all‑in indicative
- 552 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,930one way, all‑in indicative
- 627 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,462one way, all‑in indicative
- 664 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,724one way, all‑in indicative
- 673 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,789one 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 ~2,685 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,343 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,455 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,222 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,747 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,252 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,627 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,098 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,607 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 ~4,779 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,898 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,283 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,736 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,207 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,521 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.