General aviation field
Artesia Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,800 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,541 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.85, -104.47
Artesia Municipal Airport's 6,800 ft of runway is longer than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and its 3,541 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Scottsdale, 434 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.
- 434 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,086one way, all‑in indicative
- 441 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,135one way, all‑in indicative
- 442 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,144one way, all‑in indicative
- 460 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,275one way, all‑in indicative
- 465 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,307one way, all‑in indicative
- 586 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,167one way, all‑in indicative
- 648 mi2 h 20 mfrom $4,609one way, all‑in indicative
- 742 mi2 h 36 mfrom $5,280one 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 ~2,932 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,651 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,772 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,518 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,092 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,551 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,960 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,567 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,029 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,938 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 ~5,218 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,255 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,321 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,349 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,321 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,317 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,769 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,195 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,172 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,686 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,416 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,538 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,968 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.