Regional airport
Dawson Community Airport, Glendive.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,704 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,458 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 47.14, -104.81
Dawson Community Airport's 5,704 ft of runway is longer than most of the 62 jet-capable fields in Montana, at 2,458 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 316 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.
- 316 mi1 h 22 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 377 mi1 h 33 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 522 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,717one way, all‑in indicative
- 525 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,733one way, all‑in indicative
- 557 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,962one way, all‑in indicative
- 899 mi3 h 03 mfrom $6,394one way, all‑in indicative
- 931 mi3 h 09 mfrom $6,623one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,005 mi3 h 22 mfrom $7,147one 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 ~2,845 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,543 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,661 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,414 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,972 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,447 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,844 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,403 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,823 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 ~5,065 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,100 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,165 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,192 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,165 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,600 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,020 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,519 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,852 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.