General aviation field
Valle Airport, Grand Canyon.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,199 ft
- Field elevation
- 5,999 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 5 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.65, -112.15
Valle Airport's 4,199 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, and at 5,999 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 Scottsdale, 140 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.
- 140 mi51 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 170 mi57 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 373 mi1 h 32 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 381 mi1 h 33 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 482 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,430one way, all‑in indicative
- 555 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,946one way, all‑in indicative
- 555 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,946one way, all‑in indicative
- 574 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,085one 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 ~3,127 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,894 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,024 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,788 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 4,201 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.