Regional airport
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 13,502 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,607 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.22, -101.71
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport has the longest runway of the 323 jet-capable fields we list in Texas, 13,502 ft, and its 3,607 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 Dallas, 322 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.
- 322 mi1 h 23 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 346 mi1 h 27 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 396 mi1 h 36 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 419 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,980one way, all‑in indicative
- 537 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,823one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 753 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,354one way, all‑in indicative
- 757 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,387one 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 ~2,937 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,657 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,779 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,524 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,099 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,557 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,967 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,577 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,040 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,945 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 ~5,227 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,264 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,330 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,358 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,330 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,328 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,779 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,206 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,181 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,696 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,428 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,981 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,550 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,177 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.