Regional airport
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Springfield.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 598 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.84, -89.68
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport's 8,001 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Illinois's 69 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 182 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.
- 182 mi59 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 305 mi1 h 20 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 626 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,453one way, all‑in indicative
- 655 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,658one way, all‑in indicative
- 719 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,117one way, all‑in indicative
- 772 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,493one way, all‑in indicative
- 804 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,722one way, all‑in indicative
- 806 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,731one 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 ~2,698 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,359 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,471 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,237 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,765 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,268 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,644 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,122 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,548 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,624 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 ~4,802 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,835 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,896 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,922 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,896 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,812 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,309 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,700 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,759 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,232 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,904 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,412 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,016 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,592 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.