Major airport
Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 10,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 435 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.88, -78.79
At 10,000 ft, Raleigh-Durham International Airport has the fourth-longest runway of the 71 jet-capable fields in North Carolina, 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, 217 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.
- 217 mi1 h 05 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 224 mi1 h 06 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 428 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,045one way, all‑in indicative
- 441 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,135one way, all‑in indicative
- 600 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,265one way, all‑in indicative
- 606 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,314one way, all‑in indicative
- 640 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,552one way, all‑in indicative
- 651 mi2 h 20 mfrom $4,634one 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 ~2,685 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,343 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,455 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,221 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,747 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,252 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,627 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,098 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,521 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,606 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 ~4,779 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,898 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,873 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,785 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,283 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,673 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,736 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,207 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,876 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,381 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,987 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,561 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.