General aviation field
Hughes Ranch Airport, Quemado.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,608 ft
- Field elevation
- 905 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 29.04, -100.58
Hughes Ranch Airport's 4,608 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. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 192 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.
- 192 mi1 h 00 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 322 mi1 h 23 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 343 mi1 h 27 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 697 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,961one way, all‑in indicative
- 739 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,256one way, all‑in indicative
- 766 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,452one way, all‑in indicative
- 789 mi2 h 44 mfrom $5,616one way, all‑in indicative
- 945 mi3 h 11 mfrom $6,721one 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 ~2,722 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,390 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,503 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,266 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,799 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,297 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,677 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,657 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 4,802 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.