General aviation field
Billy G Ray Field, Chappell.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,682 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 7 of 24
- Coordinates
- 41.08, -102.46
Billy G Ray Field's 4,000 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Nebraska, and its 3,682 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 7 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 17. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 163 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.
- 163 mi55 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 266 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 457 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,250one way, all‑in indicative
- 543 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,864one way, all‑in indicative
- 627 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,462one way, all‑in indicative
- 647 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,601one way, all‑in indicative
- 731 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,198one way, all‑in indicative
- 755 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,370one 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 ~2,943 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,665 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,787 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,531 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,565 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,975 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,953 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude and 11 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,108 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.