General aviation field
Ainsworth Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,824 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,589 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.58, -99.99
Ainsworth Regional Airport's 6,824 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Nebraska's 48 jet-capable fields, and its 2,589 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 327 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.
- 327 mi1 h 24 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 427 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,037one way, all‑in indicative
- 547 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,889one way, all‑in indicative
- 595 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,232one way, all‑in indicative
- 618 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,396one way, all‑in indicative
- 694 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,936one way, all‑in indicative
- 724 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,149one way, all‑in indicative
- 838 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,960one 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 ~2,856 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,556 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,675 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,427 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,986 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,459 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,858 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,423 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,873 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,837 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 ~5,083 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,119 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,184 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,211 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,184 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,153 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,620 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,035 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,038 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,539 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,250 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,788 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,369 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,979 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.