General aviation field
Floydada Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,600 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,187 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.00, -101.33
Floydada Municipal Airport's 4,600 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 3,187 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 270 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.
- 270 mi1 h 14 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 339 mi1 h 26 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 432 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,070one way, all‑in indicative
- 465 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,307one way, all‑in indicative
- 474 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,373one way, all‑in indicative
- 608 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,322one way, all‑in indicative
- 794 mi2 h 45 mfrom $5,649one way, all‑in indicative
- 833 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,927one 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.
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 ~2,903 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,616 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,736 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,484 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,053 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,517 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,922 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,900 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 5,122 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.