Regional airport
Spirit of St Louis Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 7,486 ft
- Field elevation
- 463 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.66, -90.65
At 7,486 ft, Spirit of St Louis Airport has the fifth-longest runway of the 63 jet-capable fields in Missouri, 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, 278 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.
- 278 mi1 h 15 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 280 mi1 h 16 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 531 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,774one way, all‑in indicative
- 677 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,814one way, all‑in indicative
- 708 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,035one way, all‑in indicative
- 710 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,051one way, all‑in indicative
- 715 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,084one way, all‑in indicative
- 763 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,428one 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 ~2,687 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,346 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,457 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,224 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,750 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,255 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,630 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,102 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,526 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,609 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 ~4,783 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,816 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,877 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,902 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,877 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,789 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,287 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,678 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,740 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,211 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,881 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,386 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,992 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,566 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.