General aviation field
Harold Davidson Field, Vermillion.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,105 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,146 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.77, -96.93
Harold Davidson Field's 4,105 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 29 jet-capable fields in South Dakota, at 1,146 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 463 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.
- 463 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,291one way, all‑in indicative
- 467 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,324one way, all‑in indicative
- 572 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,069one way, all‑in indicative
- 686 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,879one way, all‑in indicative
- 697 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,961one way, all‑in indicative
- 713 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,076one way, all‑in indicative
- 732 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,207one way, all‑in indicative
- 870 mi2 h 58 mfrom $6,189one 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 ~2,741 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,413 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,527 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,289 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,826 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,320 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,703 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,682 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 4,836 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.