General aviation field
Custer State Park Airport, Crazy Horse.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,980 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 6 of 24
- Coordinates
- 43.73, -103.35
Custer State Park Airport's 4,000 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 29 jet-capable fields in South Dakota, and its 3,980 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 6 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 18. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 297 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.
- 297 mi1 h 19 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 360 mi1 h 30 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 369 mi1 h 31 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 409 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,906one way, all‑in indicative
- 548 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,897one way, all‑in indicative
- 788 mi2 h 44 mfrom $5,608one way, all‑in indicative
- 817 mi2 h 49 mfrom $5,812one way, all‑in indicative
- 830 mi2 h 51 mfrom $5,902one 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 ~2,966 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,694 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,817 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,560 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,593 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,985 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation Latitude, Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300 and 12 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,007 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.