General aviation field
Fort Worth Spinks Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,002 ft
- Field elevation
- 700 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 21 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.57, -97.31
Fort Worth Spinks Airport's 6,002 ft of runway is longer than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. Dallas's published corridors start 33 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.
- 33 mi33 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 166 mi56 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 235 mi1 h 08 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 641 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,560one way, all‑in indicative
- 654 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,650one way, all‑in indicative
- 705 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,018one way, all‑in indicative
- 837 mi2 h 52 mfrom $5,952one 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. 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 ~2,706 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,369 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,482 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,247 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,777 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,277 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,655 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,138 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,564 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,635 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 ~4,816 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,850 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,911 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,937 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,911 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,830 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,325 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,718 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,773 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,248 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,922 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,034 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.