General aviation field
Elk River Airport, Banner Elk.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,600 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,468 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.16, -81.89
Elk River Airport's 4,600 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 71 jet-capable fields in North Carolina, and its 3,468 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Charleston, 249 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.
- 249 mi1 h 10 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 267 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 310 mi1 h 21 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 533 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,790one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 692 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,920one way, all‑in indicative
- 715 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,084one 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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
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 ~2,926 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,643 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,765 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,511 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,084 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,544 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,952 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,930 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 5,161 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.