General aviation field
Gruver Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,698 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,205 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.23, -101.43
Gruver Municipal Airport's 4,698 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 3,205 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 Denver, 297 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.
- 297 mi1 h 19 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 350 mi1 h 28 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 361 mi1 h 30 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 471 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,348one way, all‑in indicative
- 578 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,110one way, all‑in indicative
- 620 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,413one way, all‑in indicative
- 708 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,035one way, all‑in indicative
- 765 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,444one 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. 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
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,905 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,617 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,738 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,486 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,055 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,519 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,924 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,902 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 5,125 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.