General aviation field
Whiskey Creek Airport, Silver City.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 6,126 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.76, -108.21
Whiskey Creek Airport's 5,400 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and at 6,126 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 Scottsdale, 222 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.
- 222 mi1 h 06 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 452 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,217one way, all‑in indicative
- 457 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,250one way, all‑in indicative
- 506 mi1 h 55 mfrom $3,602one way, all‑in indicative
- 601 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,273one way, all‑in indicative
- 646 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,593one way, all‑in indicative
- 659 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,691one way, all‑in indicative
- 670 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,765one 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 ~3,137 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,906 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,037 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,764 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,379 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,800 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,238 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,214 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 5,534 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.