General aviation field
Crane County Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,258 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,552 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.42, -102.36
Crane County Airport's 4,258 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 2,552 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 291 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.
- 291 mi1 h 18 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 337 mi1 h 26 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 438 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,119one way, all‑in indicative
- 577 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,101one way, all‑in indicative
- 580 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,126one way, all‑in indicative
- 596 mi2 h 11 mfrom $4,241one way, all‑in indicative
- 727 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,174one way, all‑in indicative
- 801 mi2 h 46 mfrom $5,698one 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 ~2,853 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,553 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,671 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,423 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,982 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,456 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,854 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,833 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,033 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.