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Roben Hood Airport, Big Rapids.

KRQB · WBR · Big Rapids, MI — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
4,300 ft
Field elevation
990 ft
Runway-capable types
8 of 24
Coordinates
43.72, -85.50
Passengers
2 passengers

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Roben Hood Airport's 4,300 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 81 jet-capable fields in Michigan, 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 Chicago, 165 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,729–3,398 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,729 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,398 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,274–3,809 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,511 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,274 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,809 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,305 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,666–3,686 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,686 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,666 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 4,814 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.