Regional airport
Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 9,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 7,680 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.53, -106.93
Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport's 9,400 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Colorado's 67 jet-capable fields, and at 7,680 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Aspen, 47 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.
- 47 mi35 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 132 mi50 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 403 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,865one way, all‑in indicative
- 438 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,119one way, all‑in indicative
- 482 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,430one way, all‑in indicative
- 514 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,659one way, all‑in indicative
- 544 mi2 h 02 mfrom $3,872one way, all‑in indicative
- 688 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,896one 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 ~3,261 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~4,060 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,196 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,913 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,551 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,950 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,405 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~6,191 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,706 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,380 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 ~5,804 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,844 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,918 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,949 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,918 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~7,026 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,417 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,890 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~6,324 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~7,136 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,750 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~7,272 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,968 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.