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Gray Butte Field, Palmdale.

04CA · Palmdale, CA — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.Flying to Palmdale →
Longest paved runway
8,000 ft
Field elevation
3,020 ft
Runway-capable types
24 of 24
Coordinates
34.57, -117.67
Passengers
2 passengers

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Gray Butte Field's 8,000 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of California's 152 jet-capable fields, and its 3,020 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Los Angeles, 53 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,890–3,599 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,890 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,599 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,468–4,034 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,719 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,468 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,034 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,501 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,883–5,944 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,904 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,488 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,944 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,883 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,144–5,273 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,144 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,180 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,246 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,273 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,246 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,099–6,227 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,227 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,687 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,107 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,099 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,606 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~6,325–7,063 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,325 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,870 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,445 ft here
    • Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,063 ft here

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.