General aviation field
Stafford Regional Airport, Fredericksburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 211 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.40, -77.46
Stafford Regional Airport's 6,000 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Virginia's 51 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. Washington, D.C.'s published corridors start 38 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 38 mi34 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 247 mi1 h 10 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 406 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,890one way, all‑in indicative
- 429 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,054one way, all‑in indicative
- 438 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,119one way, all‑in indicative
- 531 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,774one way, all‑in indicative
- 608 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,322one way, all‑in indicative
- 824 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,862one 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 ~2,667 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,321 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,432 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,200 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,722 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,230 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,603 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,064 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,484 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,583 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 ~4,747 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,780 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,840 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,866 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,840 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,746 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,248 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,635 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,705 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,173 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,837 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,947 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,339 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.