Regional airport
Thief River Falls Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,504 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,119 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 48.07, -96.19
Thief River Falls Regional Airport's 6,504 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Minnesota's 64 jet-capable fields, at 1,119 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 575 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.
- 575 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,093one way, all‑in indicative
- 723 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,141one way, all‑in indicative
- 727 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,174one way, all‑in indicative
- 764 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,436one way, all‑in indicative
- 810 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,763one way, all‑in indicative
- 925 mi3 h 08 mfrom $6,582one way, all‑in indicative
- 956 mi3 h 13 mfrom $6,803one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,052 mi3 h 30 mfrom $7,482one 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 ~2,739 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,411 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,524 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,287 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,823 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,318 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,700 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,201 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,633 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,680 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 ~4,875 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,909 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,971 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,997 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,971 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,902 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,390 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,788 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,832 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,313 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,995 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,108 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,510 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.