General aviation field
White Sulphur Springs Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,100 ft
- Field elevation
- 5,061 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 46.50, -110.91
White Sulphur Springs Airport's 6,100 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Montana's 62 jet-capable fields, and at 5,061 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 52 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.
- 52 mi36 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 200 mi1 h 02 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 265 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 543 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,864one way, all‑in indicative
- 568 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,044one way, all‑in indicative
- 753 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,354one way, all‑in indicative
- 814 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,788one way, all‑in indicative
- 849 mi2 h 55 mfrom $6,042one 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 ~3,052 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,801 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,928 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,663 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,261 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,697 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,124 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,796 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,101 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 ~5,433 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,471 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,540 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,569 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,540 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,007 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,385 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,920 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 6,277 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.