General aviation field
Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,002 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,829 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 7 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.00, -110.36
Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field's 4,002 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, and its 3,829 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, 144 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.
- 144 mi52 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 394 mi1 h 35 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 495 mi1 h 53 mfrom $3,520one way, all‑in indicative
- 536 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,815one way, all‑in indicative
- 608 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,322one way, all‑in indicative
- 612 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,355one way, all‑in indicative
- 761 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,411one way, all‑in indicative
- 774 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,510one 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 ~2,954 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,679 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,802 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,545 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,579 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,991 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,969 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 4,124 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.