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General aviation field

Custer County Airport.

KCUT · Custer, SD — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,500 ft
Field elevation
5,602 ft
Runway-capable types
9 of 24
Coordinates
43.73, -103.62
Passengers
2 passengers

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Custer County Airport's 5,500 ft of runway is longer than most of the 29 jet-capable fields in South Dakota, and at 5,602 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 295 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. 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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,095–3,855 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,095 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,855 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,714–4,321 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,983 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,714 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,321 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,749 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,158–4,182 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,182 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,158 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~5,461 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,461 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 5,510 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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