General aviation field
Town & Country Airpark, Lubbock.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,144 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,200 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 9 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.49, -101.81
Town & Country Airpark's 5,144 ft of runway is longer than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 3,200 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 290 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.
- 290 mi1 h 17 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 333 mi1 h 25 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 453 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,225one way, all‑in indicative
- 467 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,324one way, all‑in indicative
- 486 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,455one way, all‑in indicative
- 581 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,134one way, all‑in indicative
- 777 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,526one way, all‑in indicative
- 848 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,033one 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 ~2,904 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,617 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,737 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,485 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,054 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,518 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,924 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,902 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,124 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,170 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.