General aviation field
Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,300 ft
- Field elevation
- 493 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.01, -77.97
Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field's 4,300 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 51 jet-capable fields in Virginia, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 70 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.
- 70 mi39 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 287 mi1 h 17 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 372 mi1 h 32 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 468 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,332one way, all‑in indicative
- 476 mi1 h 50 mfrom $3,389one way, all‑in indicative
- 497 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,537one way, all‑in indicative
- 596 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,241one way, all‑in indicative
- 793 mi2 h 45 mfrom $5,641one 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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
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 ~2,689 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,349 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,460 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,227 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,754 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,257 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,633 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,613 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,744 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.