General aviation field
Fabens Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,200 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,679 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.52, -106.15
Fabens Airport's 4,200 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 3,679 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 Scottsdale, 366 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.
- 366 mi1 h 31 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 511 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,635one way, all‑in indicative
- 534 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,799one way, all‑in indicative
- 551 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,921one way, all‑in indicative
- 562 mi2 h 05 mfrom $3,995one way, all‑in indicative
- 605 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,306one way, all‑in indicative
- 618 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,396one way, all‑in indicative
- 659 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,691one 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 ~2,942 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,664 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,786 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,531 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,107 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,564 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,975 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,953 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 5,191 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.