General aviation field
French Valley Airport, Murrieta.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,350 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 20 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.57, -117.13
French Valley Airport's 6,000 ft of runway is longer than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, at 1,350 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 20 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 4. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Los Angeles, 90 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.
- 90 mi43 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 206 mi1 h 03 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 300 mi1 h 19 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 396 mi1 h 36 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 432 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,070one way, all‑in indicative
- 690 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,912one way, all‑in indicative
- 703 mi2 h 29 mfrom $5,002one way, all‑in indicative
- 773 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,501one 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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
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 ~2,757 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,434 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,548 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,309 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,849 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,340 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,725 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,236 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,671 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,704 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,908 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,942 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,005 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,031 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,005 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,941 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,426 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,827 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,864 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,348 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,035 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.