General aviation field
Kirk Field, Paragould.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 290 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.06, -90.51
Kirk Field's 4,500 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 65 jet-capable fields in Arkansas, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 214 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.
- 214 mi1 h 04 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 425 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,021one way, all‑in indicative
- 441 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,135one way, all‑in indicative
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 580 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,126one way, all‑in indicative
- 634 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,511one way, all‑in indicative
- 742 mi2 h 36 mfrom $5,280one way, all‑in indicative
- 818 mi2 h 49 mfrom $5,821one 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 ~2,673 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,329 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,440 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,208 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,731 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,238 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,611 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,591 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,716 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.