Rankings · Transportation

Lowest airline distance by state

Miles to nearest airport with airline service.

Straight-line miles from the county's population-weighted centre to the nearest airport the FAA classifies as commercial service, meaning it boards at least 2,500 passengers a year on scheduled flights. Driving distance is longer, and considerably longer where mountains or water intervene. The label names the FAA hub size, so a large hub and a single Essential Air Service route are not presented as the same thing. Airports without scheduled service are measured separately.

  1. 1District of Columbia4.3 mi
  2. 2Hawaii7.0 mi
  3. 3Nevada8.1 mi
  4. 4Rhode Island9.4 mi
  5. 5New York9.7 mi
  6. 6Arizona11 mi
  7. 7Florida12 mi
  8. 8Utah13 mi
  9. 9California14 mi
  10. 10Washington14 mi
  11. 11Alaska14 mi
  12. 12Massachusetts14 mi
  13. 13Delaware14 mi
  14. 14Connecticut15 mi
  15. 15Illinois15 mi
  16. 16North Dakota16 mi
  17. 17Maryland16 mi
  18. 18New Jersey16 mi
  19. 19Pennsylvania16 mi
  20. 20Maine17 mi
  21. 21Oregon17 mi
  22. 22South Carolina17 mi
  23. 23Texas17 mi
  24. 24Virginia18 mi
  25. 25Louisiana18 mi
  26. 26Montana19 mi
  27. 27Wyoming19 mi
  28. 28New Hampshire19 mi
  29. 29North Carolina20 mi
  30. 30Nebraska20 mi
  31. 31Michigan20 mi
  32. 32Ohio20 mi
  33. 33Wisconsin20 mi
  34. 34Idaho20 mi
  35. 35West Virginia20 mi
  36. 36New Mexico21 mi
  37. 37Iowa21 mi
  38. 38Vermont21 mi
  39. 39Minnesota22 mi
  40. 40Tennessee22 mi
  41. 41Colorado23 mi
  42. 42Mississippi23 mi
  43. 43Alabama23 mi
  44. 44Missouri23 mi
  45. 45Indiana24 mi
  46. 46Oklahoma25 mi
  47. 47South Dakota26 mi
  48. 48Kansas27 mi
  49. 49Arkansas27 mi
  50. 50Georgia27 mi
  51. 51Kentucky28 mi
Put this map on your own site

Free to use. The chart names its source and links back, so it stays honest wherever it ends up.

<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/airline-distance" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Miles to nearest airport with airline service by state"></iframe>

Source: FAA Air Carrier Activity (ACAIS) enplanements; BTS NTAD Aviation Facilities. · How this is built