General aviation field
Gordon Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,196 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,562 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 9 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.81, -102.17
Gordon Municipal Airport's 5,196 ft of runway is longer than most of the 48 jet-capable fields in Nebraska, and its 3,562 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 264 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.
- 264 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 348 mi1 h 27 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 435 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,095one way, all‑in indicative
- 489 mi1 h 52 mfrom $3,479one way, all‑in indicative
- 612 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,355one way, all‑in indicative
- 728 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,182one way, all‑in indicative
- 747 mi2 h 37 mfrom $5,313one way, all‑in indicative
- 825 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,870one 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 ~2,933 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,653 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,774 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,520 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,094 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,553 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,963 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,940 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,175 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,221 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.