Regional airport
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 10,302 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,333 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.65, -97.43
At 10,302 ft, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport has the third-longest runway of the 74 jet-capable fields in Kansas, at 1,333 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 334 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.
- 334 mi1 h 25 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 422 mi1 h 40 mfrom $3,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 516 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,668one way, all‑in indicative
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 566 mi2 h 05 mfrom $4,028one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 603 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,290one way, all‑in indicative
- 809 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,755one 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 ~3,432 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 ~3,847 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 ~5,233 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,668 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 ~4,906 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,940 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 ~5,938 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,424 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,824 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,862 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,346 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,032 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,551 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,146 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,735 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.