The Most Remote Campuses
Straight-line distance to the nearest FAA large-hub airport. Worth knowing before you commit to four years of connecting flights.
Ranked by miles to nearest large-hub airport · 1,644 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, AK · Public1,531 miCompare nearby
- 2Charter CollegeAnchorage, AK · For-profit1,441 miCompare nearby
- 3University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, AK · Public1,441 miCompare nearby
- 4University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, AK · Public911 miCompare nearby
- 5Montana State University-NorthernHavre, MT · Public547 miCompare nearby
- 6Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, ND · Public481 miCompare nearby
- 7University of ProvidenceGreat Falls, MT · Private464 miCompare nearby
- 8Minot State UniversityMinot, ND · Public448 miCompare nearby
- 9Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS · Public430 miCompare nearby
- 10Washburn UniversityTopeka, KS · Public424 miCompare nearby
- 11Haskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence, KS · Public424 miCompare nearby
- 12University of KansasLawrence, KS · Public423 miCompare nearby
- 13MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityOlathe, KS · Private420 miCompare nearby
- 14Baker UniversityBaldwin City, KS · Private419 miCompare nearby
- 15Turtle Mountain Community CollegeBelcourt, ND · Private414 miCompare nearby
- 16Avila UniversityKansas City, MO · Private410 miCompare nearby
- 17Ottawa University-OttawaOttawa, KS · Private406 miCompare nearby
- 18University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, MO · Public405 miCompare nearby
- 19Kansas City Art InstituteKansas City, MO · Private405 miCompare nearby
- 20Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, MO · Private405 miCompare nearby
- 21Carroll CollegeHelena, MT · Private402 miCompare nearby
- 22Park UniversityParkville, MO · Private401 miCompare nearby
- 23Midwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryKansas City, MO · Private399 miCompare nearby
- 24University of Saint MaryLeavenworth, KS · Private397 miCompare nearby
- 25The University of MontanaMissoula, MT · Public393 miCompare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Miles to nearest large-hub airport — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
Computed from IPEDS coordinates + FAA hub list- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Four-year, main-campus institutions awarding bachelor's degrees or higher (2,406 schools).
- Limited to the 50 states and DC, since every FAA large-hub airport is located there.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded so that small-cohort medians do not distort the ranking.
- 1,644 of 2,406 institutions report this measure; the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
A single measure is a narrow way to judge a college. Read this alongside the others, and see the methodology for what these figures do and do not capture.
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Shortest straight-line distance to an FAA large-hub airport, for students who plan to fly home often.
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Bachelor's-granting institutions with the fewest undergraduates — conservatories, seminaries and single-subject schools dominate.
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