General aviation field
Spanish Peaks Airfield, Walsenburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,896 ft
- Field elevation
- 6,047 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.70, -104.78
Spanish Peaks Airfield's 4,896 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 6,047 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 130 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.
- 130 mi50 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 154 mi54 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 489 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,479one way, all‑in indicative
- 513 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,651one way, all‑in indicative
- 558 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,970one way, all‑in indicative
- 583 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,151one way, all‑in indicative
- 640 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,552one way, all‑in indicative
- 647 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,601one 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 ~3,131 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,899 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,029 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,757 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,370 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,792 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,229 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,206 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 5,523 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.