General aviation field
Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,803 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,573 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.21, -101.52
Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport's 8,803 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 2,573 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 Austin, 267 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.
- 267 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 275 mi1 h 15 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 410 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,914one way, all‑in indicative
- 541 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,848one way, all‑in indicative
- 570 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,052one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 802 mi2 h 46 mfrom $5,706one way, all‑in indicative
- 823 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,853one 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 ~2,855 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,555 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,673 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,425 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,985 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,458 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,856 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,420 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,871 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,835 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 ~5,081 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,117 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,181 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,208 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,181 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,151 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,618 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,032 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,036 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,537 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,248 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,785 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,366 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,976 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.