Regional airport
Ford Airport, Kingsford.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,502 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,182 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 45.82, -88.11
Ford Airport's 6,502 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Michigan's 81 jet-capable fields, at 1,182 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. 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
- 674 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,797one way, all‑in indicative
- 722 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,133one way, all‑in indicative
- 784 mi2 h 43 mfrom $5,575one way, all‑in indicative
- 864 mi2 h 57 mfrom $6,148one way, all‑in indicative
- 951 mi3 h 12 mfrom $6,762one way, all‑in indicative
- 955 mi3 h 13 mfrom $6,795one way, all‑in indicative
- 990 mi3 h 19 mfrom $7,040one 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 ~2,744 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,417 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,531 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,293 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,830 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,324 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,707 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,210 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,643 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,686 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 ~4,884 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,918 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,981 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,006 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,981 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,912 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,400 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,799 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,841 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,322 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,006 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,120 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,522 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.