General aviation field
Hatch Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,110 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,080 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 7 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.66, -107.20
Hatch Municipal Airport's 4,110 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and its 4,080 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 Scottsdale, 281 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.
- 281 mi1 h 16 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 453 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,225one way, all‑in indicative
- 495 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,520one way, all‑in indicative
- 511 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,635one way, all‑in indicative
- 587 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,175one way, all‑in indicative
- 601 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,273one way, all‑in indicative
- 659 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,691one way, all‑in indicative
- 674 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,797one 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 ~2,974 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,704 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,827 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,569 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,603 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,018 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,996 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 4,152 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.