General aviation field
Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 693 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 21 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.49, -79.27
Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport's 6,000 ft of runway is longer than most of the 50 jet-capable fields in New York, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Washington, D.C., 262 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.
- 262 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 292 mi1 h 18 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 406 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,890one way, all‑in indicative
- 442 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,144one way, all‑in indicative
- 481 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,422one way, all‑in indicative
- 592 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,208one way, all‑in indicative
- 664 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,724one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,093 mi3 h 37 mfrom $7,777one 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 ~2,705 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,369 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,481 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,246 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,776 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,277 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,654 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,137 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,563 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,634 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 ~4,815 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,849 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,910 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,936 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,910 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,829 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,323 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,716 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,772 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,247 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,921 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,033 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.