Regional airport
Northern Colorado Regional Airport, Loveland.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 5,016 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.45, -105.01
Northern Colorado Regional Airport's 8,500 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Colorado's 67 jet-capable fields, and at 5,016 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 61 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.
- 61 mi38 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 130 mi50 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 366 mi1 h 31 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 481 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,422one way, all‑in indicative
- 521 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,709one way, all‑in indicative
- 605 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,306one way, all‑in indicative
- 627 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,462one way, all‑in indicative
- 693 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,928one 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 ~3,049 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,797 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,923 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,659 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,256 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,693 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,119 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,789 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,270 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,096 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 ~5,427 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,465 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,534 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,563 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,534 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,569 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,000 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,443 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,378 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,913 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,673 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,247 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,799 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,451 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.