General aviation field
Lewis Ranch Airport, Encinal.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,800 ft
- Field elevation
- 540 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 10 of 24
- Coordinates
- 27.98, -99.38
Lewis Ranch Airport's 4,800 ft of runway is shorter 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. 10 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 14. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 184 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.
- 184 mi59 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 274 mi1 h 15 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 368 mi1 h 31 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 726 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,166one way, all‑in indicative
- 839 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,968one way, all‑in indicative
- 860 mi2 h 56 mfrom $6,115one way, all‑in indicative
- 887 mi3 h 01 mfrom $6,312one way, all‑in indicative
- 931 mi3 h 09 mfrom $6,623one 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 ~2,693 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,353 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,465 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,232 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,759 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,262 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,638 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,618 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,793 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,751 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+ and 8 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,827 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.