Regional airport
Rochester International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 9,034 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,317 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 43.91, -92.50
At 9,034 ft, Rochester International Airport has the third-longest runway of the 64 jet-capable fields in Minnesota, at 1,317 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 264 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.
- 264 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 619 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,404one way, all‑in indicative
- 703 mi2 h 29 mfrom $5,002one way, all‑in indicative
- 800 mi2 h 46 mfrom $5,690one way, all‑in indicative
- 809 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,755one way, all‑in indicative
- 849 mi2 h 55 mfrom $6,042one way, all‑in indicative
- 908 mi3 h 05 mfrom $6,459one way, all‑in indicative
- 921 mi3 h 07 mfrom $6,549one 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 ~2,755 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,430 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,545 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,306 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,845 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,337 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,721 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,231 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,665 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,701 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 ~4,903 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,938 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,000 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,026 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,000 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,936 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,421 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,821 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,860 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,343 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,029 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,548 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,144 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,732 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.