Regional airport
Murray Field, Eureka.
- Longest paved runway
- 3,011 ft
- Field elevation
- 7 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 1 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.80, -124.11
Murray Field's 3,011 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 1 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 23. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Napa, 204 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.
- 204 mi1 h 02 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 249 mi1 h 10 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 536 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,815one way, all‑in indicative
- 550 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,913one way, all‑in indicative
- 585 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,159one way, all‑in indicative
- 710 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,051one way, all‑in indicative
- 735 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,231one way, all‑in indicative
- 833 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,927one 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 ~2,651 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation CJ3+, Cessna Citation M2, Beechcraft King Air 350, Cessna Citation CJ4, Cessna Citation XLS+, Cessna Citation Latitude and 17 more — the shortest of these needs about 3,181 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.