General aviation field
Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport, Dulce.
- Longest paved runway
- 7,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 7,618 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.83, -106.88
Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport's 7,500 ft of runway is longer than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and at 7,618 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Aspen, 166 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.
- 166 mi56 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 220 mi1 h 05 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 360 mi1 h 30 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 463 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,291one way, all‑in indicative
- 511 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,635one way, all‑in indicative
- 604 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,298one way, all‑in indicative
- 632 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,494one way, all‑in indicative
- 657 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,675one 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 ~3,256 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~4,054 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,189 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,907 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,544 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,944 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,398 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~6,182 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,696 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,374 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 ~5,795 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,836 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,909 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,940 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,909 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~7,015 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,407 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,880 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,743 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~6,315 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~7,126 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~7,261 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 7,739 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.