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USAF Academy Airfield, Colorado Springs.

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Longest paved runway
4,501 ft
Field elevation
6,572 ft
Runway-capable types
8 of 24
Coordinates
38.97, -104.82
Passengers
2 passengers

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USAF Academy Airfield's 4,501 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 6,572 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. Denver's published corridors start 41 miles from this field.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,172–3,951 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,172 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,951 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,807–4,428 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,082 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,807 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,428 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,843 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,262–4,286 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,286 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,262 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 5,597 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.