Regional airport
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Muscle Shoals.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,693 ft
- Field elevation
- 551 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.75, -87.61
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport's 6,693 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Alabama's 68 jet-capable fields, 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. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 109 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.
- 109 mi46 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 452 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,217one way, all‑in indicative
- 510 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,627one way, all‑in indicative
- 547 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,889one way, all‑in indicative
- 570 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,052one way, all‑in indicative
- 632 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,494one way, all‑in indicative
- 665 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,732one way, all‑in indicative
- 688 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,896one 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 ~2,694 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,355 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,466 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,233 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,760 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,263 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,639 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,115 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,540 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,619 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 ~4,795 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,829 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,890 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,915 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,890 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,804 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,301 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,693 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,225 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,896 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,403 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,008 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,583 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.