Regional airport
Curtis Field, Brady.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,605 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,827 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.18, -99.32
Curtis Field's 4,605 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, at 1,827 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 120 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.
- 120 mi48 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 185 mi59 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 264 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 658 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,683one way, all‑in indicative
- 700 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,977one way, all‑in indicative
- 753 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,354one way, all‑in indicative
- 803 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,714one way, all‑in indicative
- 846 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,017one 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 ~2,795 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,481 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,597 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,354 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,902 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,386 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,776 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,755 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 4,931 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.