General aviation field
Pickens County Airport, Jasper.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,535 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 11 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.45, -84.46
Pickens County Airport's 5,000 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 94 jet-capable fields in Georgia, at 1,535 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 170 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.
- 170 mi57 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 276 mi1 h 15 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 496 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,528one way, all‑in indicative
- 562 mi2 h 05 mfrom $3,995one way, all‑in indicative
- 595 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,232one way, all‑in indicative
- 596 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,241one way, all‑in indicative
- 641 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,560one way, all‑in indicative
- 715 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,084one 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 ~2,772 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,452 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,567 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,326 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,869 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,358 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,745 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,724 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,934 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,969 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,890 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,032 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.