Regional airport
Chadron Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,998 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,297 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 18 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.84, -103.09
Chadron Municipal Airport's 5,998 ft of runway is longer than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Nebraska, and its 3,297 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 244 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.
- 244 mi1 h 09 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 318 mi1 h 22 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 388 mi1 h 34 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 447 mi1 h 45 mfrom $3,176one way, all‑in indicative
- 566 mi2 h 05 mfrom $4,028one way, all‑in indicative
- 769 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,469one way, all‑in indicative
- 774 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,510one way, all‑in indicative
- 794 mi2 h 45 mfrom $5,649one 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 ~2,912 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,626 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,747 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,495 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,065 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,528 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,934 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,530 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,989 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,912 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 ~5,184 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,220 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,286 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,313 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,286 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,731 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,137 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,648 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 6,154 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.