Regional airport
Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 9,207 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,200 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.84, -105.99
At 9,207 ft, Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport has the fourth-longest runway of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and its 4,200 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Scottsdale, 346 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.
- 346 mi1 h 27 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 444 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,160one way, all‑in indicative
- 470 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,340one way, all‑in indicative
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 531 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,774one way, all‑in indicative
- 567 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,036one way, all‑in indicative
- 670 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,765one way, all‑in indicative
- 707 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,027one 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 ~2,984 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,716 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,840 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,581 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,165 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,614 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,031 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,666 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,137 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,009 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 ~5,311 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,348 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,416 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,444 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,416 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,429 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,872 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,306 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,264 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,788 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,531 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,093 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,655 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,292 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.