General aviation field
Gaines County Airport, Seminole.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,381 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,315 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.68, -102.65
Gaines County Airport's 5,381 ft of runway is longer than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, and its 3,315 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 14 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 10. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 337 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.
- 337 mi1 h 26 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 339 mi1 h 26 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 483 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,438one way, all‑in indicative
- 491 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,496one way, all‑in indicative
- 510 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,627one way, all‑in indicative
- 540 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,839one way, all‑in indicative
- 750 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,338one way, all‑in indicative
- 786 mi2 h 44 mfrom $5,591one 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 ~2,914 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,628 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,749 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,496 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,067 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,529 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,936 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,914 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 ~5,186 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,222 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,288 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,316 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,288 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,140 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X and 4 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,532 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.