General aviation field
Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,004 ft
- Field elevation
- 811 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.94, -86.05
Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport's 4,004 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Indiana, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 178 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.
- 178 mi58 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 266 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 464 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,299one way, all‑in indicative
- 589 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,192one way, all‑in indicative
- 633 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,503one way, all‑in indicative
- 774 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,510one way, all‑in indicative
- 786 mi2 h 44 mfrom $5,591one way, all‑in indicative
- 842 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,993one 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 ~3,380 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,493 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,257 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,789 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,288 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,667 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,647 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,789 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.