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General aviation field

Silver West Airport, Westcliffe.

KC08 · Westcliffe, CO — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
6,954 ft
Field elevation
8,290 ft
Runway-capable types
18 of 24
Coordinates
38.01, -105.37
Passengers
2 passengers

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Silver West Airport's 6,954 ft of runway is longer than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and at 8,290 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 112 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,309–4,121 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,309 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~4,121 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,971–4,619 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,258 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,971 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,619 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~4,008 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,445–6,805 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,470 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~6,283 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,805 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,445 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,890–6,037 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,890 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,931 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~6,006 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~6,037 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~6,006 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,838–6,512 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,512 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,838 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~6,418 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,993 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.