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Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport.

KSCD · Sylacauga, AL — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,390 ft
Field elevation
569 ft
Runway-capable types
17 of 24
Coordinates
33.17, -86.31
Passengers
2 passengers

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Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport's 5,390 ft of runway is longer than most of the 68 jet-capable fields in Alabama, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 205 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 ~2,695–3,356 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,695 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,356 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,234–3,762 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,468 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,234 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,762 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,265 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,621–5,118 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,641 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,118 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,621 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,798–4,918 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,798 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,831 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,918 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,755–5,304 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,304 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,755 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,228 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,543 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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