General aviation field
Smith Field, Siloam Springs.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,997 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,191 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 13 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.19, -94.49
Smith Field's 4,997 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 65 jet-capable fields in Arkansas, at 1,191 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 13 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 11. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 267 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.
- 267 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 436 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,103one way, all‑in indicative
- 453 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,225one way, all‑in indicative
- 455 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,234one way, all‑in indicative
- 540 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,839one way, all‑in indicative
- 611 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,347one way, all‑in indicative
- 708 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,035one way, all‑in indicative
- 853 mi2 h 55 mfrom $6,066one 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 ~2,745 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,418 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,532 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,294 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,831 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,325 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,708 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,687 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,886 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,920 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,982 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,982 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,842 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450 and 5 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,008 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.