General aviation field
Bomar Field / Shelbyville Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,504 ft
- Field elevation
- 801 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.56, -86.44
Bomar Field / Shelbyville Municipal Airport's 5,504 ft of runway is longer than most of the 61 jet-capable fields in Tennessee, 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. Nashville's published corridors start 41 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 41 mi34 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 410 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,914one way, all‑in indicative
- 459 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,266one way, all‑in indicative
- 547 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,889one way, all‑in indicative
- 624 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,437one way, all‑in indicative
- 656 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,666one way, all‑in indicative
- 707 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,027one way, all‑in indicative
- 719 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,117one 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 ~2,714 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,379 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,492 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,256 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,788 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,287 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,666 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,153 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,646 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 ~4,830 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,864 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,926 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,951 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,926 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,340 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,787 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,264 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 5,581 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.