Regional airport
Grand Junction Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 9,339 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,858 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.13, -108.53
Grand Junction Regional Airport's 9,339 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Colorado's 67 jet-capable fields, and its 4,858 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Aspen, 89 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.
- 89 mi42 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 199 mi1 h 02 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 330 mi1 h 24 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 419 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,980one way, all‑in indicative
- 425 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,021one way, all‑in indicative
- 426 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,029one way, all‑in indicative
- 479 mi1 h 50 mfrom $3,406one way, all‑in indicative
- 648 mi2 h 20 mfrom $4,609one 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 ~3,036 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,781 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,907 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,643 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,238 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,678 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,102 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,765 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,244 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,079 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 ~5,404 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,442 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,511 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,540 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,511 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,542 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,975 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,416 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,356 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,889 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,645 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,217 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,771 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,420 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.