General aviation field
Mercer County Regional Airport, Hazen.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,999 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,814 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 10 of 24
- Coordinates
- 47.29, -101.58
Mercer County Regional Airport's 4,999 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 23 jet-capable fields in North Dakota, at 1,814 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 10 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 14. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 466 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.
- 466 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,316one way, all‑in indicative
- 511 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,635one way, all‑in indicative
- 558 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,970one way, all‑in indicative
- 617 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,388one way, all‑in indicative
- 669 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,756one way, all‑in indicative
- 760 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,403one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,029 mi3 h 26 mfrom $7,319one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,041 mi3 h 28 mfrom $7,409one 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 ~2,794 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,480 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,596 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,353 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,900 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,385 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,775 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,754 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,974 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,929 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+ and 8 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,008 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.