Regional airport
Greater Kankakee Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,981 ft
- Field elevation
- 630 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 21 of 24
- Coordinates
- 41.07, -87.85
Greater Kankakee Airport's 5,981 ft of runway is longer than most of the 69 jet-capable fields in Illinois, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 72 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.
- 72 mi40 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 348 mi1 h 27 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 568 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,044one way, all‑in indicative
- 710 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,051one way, all‑in indicative
- 719 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,117one way, all‑in indicative
- 754 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,362one way, all‑in indicative
- 857 mi2 h 56 mfrom $6,099one way, all‑in indicative
- 893 mi3 h 02 mfrom $6,353one 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 ~2,700 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,362 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,474 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,240 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,769 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,271 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,648 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,127 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,553 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,627 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 ~4,806 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,840 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,901 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,926 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,901 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,818 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,314 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,706 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,763 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,237 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,910 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,022 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.