General aviation field
Chandler Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,870 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,243 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 9 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.27, -111.81
Chandler Municipal Airport's 4,870 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, at 1,243 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. Scottsdale's published corridors start 25 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 25 mi31 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 272 mi1 h 14 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 389 mi1 h 35 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 495 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,520one way, all‑in indicative
- 582 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,142one way, all‑in indicative
- 656 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,666one way, all‑in indicative
- 679 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,830one way, all‑in indicative
- 710 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,051one 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 ~2,749 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,423 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,537 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,299 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,837 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,330 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,713 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,693 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,849 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,893 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.