General aviation field
Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,204 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,378 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.77, -96.82
Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport's 4,204 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 74 jet-capable fields in Kansas, at 1,378 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 Dallas, 341 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.
- 341 mi1 h 26 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 450 mi1 h 45 mfrom $3,201one way, all‑in indicative
- 526 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,741one way, all‑in indicative
- 552 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,930one way, all‑in indicative
- 559 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,979one way, all‑in indicative
- 568 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,044one way, all‑in indicative
- 571 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,061one way, all‑in indicative
- 832 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,919one 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 ~2,760 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,436 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,551 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,311 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,852 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,343 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,728 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,707 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 4,868 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.