General aviation field
Morehouse Memorial Airport, Bastrop.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,002 ft
- Field elevation
- 168 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.76, -91.88
Morehouse Memorial Airport's 4,002 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 41 jet-capable fields in Louisiana, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 289 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.
- 289 mi1 h 17 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 295 mi1 h 18 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 376 mi1 h 32 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 384 mi1 h 34 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 682 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,855one way, all‑in indicative
- 687 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,887one way, all‑in indicative
- 760 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,403one way, all‑in indicative
- 822 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,845one 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 ~2,663 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,317 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,427 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,196 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,718 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,226 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,598 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,578 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 4,699 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.