Planar inductive sensors are widely used for non-contact gap measurement. Usually, a change in size, shape, or material of the target requires a tedious recalibration of the measurement setup. This paper aims to present a new method to measure the gap from irregular and narrow targets using a planar inductive sensor without this tedious calibration process. The magnetic field distribution on this target was numerically studied, and the findings suggested that a simpler calibration would work by modeling the induced current in the target as a virtual planar coil. For this target, we found that the calibration curves corresponding to different materials can be obtained by adding a constant C to the base curve. To validate this approach, three planar coils of different sizes were tested with four metallic turbine blade-shaped targets. Results showed that the measured gaps matched well with the real gaps, with a maximum error of about 3.703%. The new approach can be applied to various applications including 3D printer build platform calibration, bandsaw blade deviation detection, and blade tip clearance monitoring.