General aviation field
Miller Airfield, Dalhart.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,961 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 21 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.09, -102.42
Miller Airfield's 6,500 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 3,961 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 274 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.
- 274 mi1 h 15 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 326 mi1 h 24 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 388 mi1 h 34 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 491 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,496one way, all‑in indicative
- 564 mi2 h 05 mfrom $4,011one way, all‑in indicative
- 608 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,322one way, all‑in indicative
- 680 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 710 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,051one 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 ~2,965 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,692 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,815 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,558 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,139 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,591 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,005 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,630 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,098 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,983 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,278 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,314 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,382 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,410 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,382 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,389 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,835 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,265 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,231 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,751 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,489 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,612 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.