Regional airport
Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, Marion.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,012 ft
- Field elevation
- 472 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.75, -89.02
Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois's 8,012 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Illinois's 69 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, 171 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.
- 171 mi57 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 307 mi1 h 20 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 557 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,962one way, all‑in indicative
- 606 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,314one 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
- 719 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,117one way, all‑in indicative
- 826 mi2 h 51 mfrom $5,878one 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 ~2,688 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,347 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,458 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,225 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,751 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,255 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,631 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,103 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,527 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,610 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 ~4,784 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,817 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,878 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,903 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,878 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,791 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,289 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,679 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,741 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,213 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,882 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,388 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,994 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,568 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.