General aviation field
Bowers Field, Ellensburg.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,300 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,764 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 47.03, -120.53
Bowers Field's 4,300 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 41 jet-capable fields in Washington, at 1,764 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Sun Valley, 389 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.
- 389 mi1 h 35 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 455 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,234one way, all‑in indicative
- 531 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,774one way, all‑in indicative
- 616 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,380one way, all‑in indicative
- 664 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,724one way, all‑in indicative
- 806 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,731one way, all‑in indicative
- 873 mi2 h 59 mfrom $6,214one way, all‑in indicative
- 892 mi3 h 02 mfrom $6,345one 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 ~2,790 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,475 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,590 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,348 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,895 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,380 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,769 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,748 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 4,922 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.