General aviation field
Gibson County Airport, Milan.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,802 ft
- Field elevation
- 359 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 11 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.93, -88.85
Gibson County Airport's 4,802 ft of runway is shorter 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. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Nashville, 122 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.
- 122 mi48 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 430 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,062one way, all‑in indicative
- 503 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,578one way, all‑in indicative
- 544 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,872one way, all‑in indicative
- 573 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,077one way, all‑in indicative
- 646 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,593one way, all‑in indicative
- 658 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,683one way, all‑in indicative
- 794 mi2 h 45 mfrom $5,649one 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 ~2,679 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,336 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,447 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,214 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,739 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,245 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,619 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,598 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,768 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,801 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,725 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,862 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.