General aviation field
Dogwood Airpark, Fredericksburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,100 ft
- Field elevation
- 180 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.36, -77.45
Dogwood Airpark's 4,100 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 51 jet-capable fields in Virginia, 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. Washington, D.C.'s published corridors start 40 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 40 mi34 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 250 mi1 h 10 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 404 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,873one way, all‑in indicative
- 430 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,062one way, all‑in indicative
- 441 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,135one way, all‑in indicative
- 531 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,774one way, all‑in indicative
- 609 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,331one way, all‑in indicative
- 822 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,845one 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 ~2,664 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,318 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,428 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,197 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,719 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,227 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,599 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,579 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 4,700 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.