General aviation field
Christman Field, Fort Collins.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 5,160 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 5 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.60, -105.14
Christman Field's 4,000 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 5,160 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 5 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 19. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 72 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.
- 72 mi40 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 132 mi50 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 354 mi1 h 29 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 468 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,332one way, all‑in indicative
- 510 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,627one way, all‑in indicative
- 609 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,331one way, all‑in indicative
- 625 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,445one way, all‑in indicative
- 704 mi2 h 29 mfrom $5,010one 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 ~3,060 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,811 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,938 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,672 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,707 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation XLS+, Cessna Citation Latitude, Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280 and 13 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,111 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.