General aviation field
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,731 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,569 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 15 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.34, -103.80
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport's 5,731 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and its 4,569 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 15 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 9. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 77 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.
- 77 mi40 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 180 mi58 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 421 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,996one way, all‑in indicative
- 528 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,758one way, all‑in indicative
- 581 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,134one way, all‑in indicative
- 644 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,584one way, all‑in indicative
- 644 mi2 h 19 mfrom $4,584one way, all‑in indicative
- 682 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,855one 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 ~3,013 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,752 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,877 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,616 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,206 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,650 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,071 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,722 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,048 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 ~5,364 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,401 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,469 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,498 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,469 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,316 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500 and 3 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,845 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.