General aviation field
Bishop Airfield, Mobile.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,261 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.11, -112.27
Bishop Airfield's 4,500 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, at 1,261 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. Scottsdale's published corridors start 41 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.
- 41 mi34 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 262 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 366 mi1 h 31 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 518 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,684one way, all‑in indicative
- 608 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,322one way, all‑in indicative
- 639 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,544one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 705 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,018one 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 ~2,750 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,425 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,539 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,300 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,839 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,331 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,715 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,695 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,852 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.