Regional airport
Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, Martinsburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,815 ft
- Field elevation
- 565 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.40, -77.98
Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field has the longest runway of the 18 jet-capable fields we list in West Virginia, 8,815 ft, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. Washington, D.C.'s published corridors start 43 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 43 mi34 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 230 mi1 h 07 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 409 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,906one way, all‑in indicative
- 436 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,103one way, all‑in indicative
- 464 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,299one way, all‑in indicative
- 526 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,741one way, all‑in indicative
- 551 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,921one way, all‑in indicative
- 887 mi3 h 01 mfrom $6,312one 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 ~2,695 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,356 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,468 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,234 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,762 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,264 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,641 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,117 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,542 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,620 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 ~4,797 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,831 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,917 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,807 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,303 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,695 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,754 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,227 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,898 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,406 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,010 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,586 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.