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Alert Field, Big Sandy.

18TE · Big Sandy, TX — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,093 ft
Field elevation
390 ft
Runway-capable types
15 of 24
Coordinates
32.59, -95.06
Passengers
2 passengers

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Alert Field's 5,093 ft of runway is longer than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 15 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 9. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 106 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 ~2,681–3,339 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,681 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,339 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,217–3,742 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,450 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,217 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,742 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,248 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,602–5,091 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,622 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,091 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,602 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,772–4,892 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,772 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,806 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,866 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,866 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~4,730 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,730 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500 and 3 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,200 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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