General aviation field
Crested Butte Airpark.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 8,980 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 1 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.85, -106.93
Crested Butte Airpark's 4,000 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 8,980 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 1 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 23. Aspen's published corridors start 25 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.
- 25 mi31 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 122 mi48 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 383 mi1 h 34 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 456 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,242one way, all‑in indicative
- 490 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,487one way, all‑in indicative
- 499 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,553one way, all‑in indicative
- 525 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,733one way, all‑in indicative
- 700 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,977one 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. 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
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,364 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation CJ3+, Cessna Citation M2, Beechcraft King Air 350, Cessna Citation CJ4, Cessna Citation XLS+, Cessna Citation Latitude and 17 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,037 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.