General aviation field
Mankato Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,600 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,021 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 44.22, -93.92
Mankato Regional Airport's 6,600 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Minnesota's 64 jet-capable fields, at 1,021 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 336 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.
- 336 mi1 h 25 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 647 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,601one way, all‑in indicative
- 677 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,814one way, all‑in indicative
- 750 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,338one way, all‑in indicative
- 802 mi2 h 46 mfrom $5,706one way, all‑in indicative
- 837 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,952one way, all‑in indicative
- 847 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,025one way, all‑in indicative
- 924 mi3 h 08 mfrom $6,574one 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 ~2,731 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,401 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,514 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,277 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,812 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,308 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,690 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,186 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,617 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,669 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 ~4,861 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,895 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,957 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,983 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,957 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,885 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,375 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,772 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,818 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,297 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,978 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,492 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,091 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,674 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.