General aviation field
Falcon Field, Mesa.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,100 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,394 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.46, -111.73
Falcon Field's 5,100 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, at 1,394 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 14 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 10. Scottsdale's published corridors start 15 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 15 mi30 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 266 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 391 mi1 h 35 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 481 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,422one way, all‑in indicative
- 568 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,044one way, all‑in indicative
- 655 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,658one way, all‑in indicative
- 676 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,805one way, all‑in indicative
- 703 mi2 h 29 mfrom $5,002one 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 ~2,761 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,438 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,553 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,313 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,854 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,344 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,730 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,709 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 ~4,914 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,949 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,011 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,037 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,011 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,871 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X and 4 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,242 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.