Regional airport
Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 12,202 ft
- Field elevation
- 37 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.48, -80.72
Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field has the longest runway of the 45 jet-capable fields we list in South Carolina, 12,202 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. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Charleston, 49 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.
- 49 mi36 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 402 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,857one way, all‑in indicative
- 423 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,013one way, all‑in indicative
- 442 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,144one way, all‑in indicative
- 455 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,234one way, all‑in indicative
- 483 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,438one way, all‑in indicative
- 550 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,913one way, all‑in indicative
- 686 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,879one 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 ~2,653 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,304 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,414 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,184 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,703 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,214 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,584 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,038 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,456 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,564 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 ~4,722 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,755 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,815 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,840 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,815 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,716 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,221 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,606 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,680 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,146 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,806 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,306 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,917 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,483 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.