Regional airport
North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,777 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 41.13, -100.68
At 8,001 ft, North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field has the fifth-longest runway of the 48 jet-capable fields in Nebraska, and its 2,777 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 Denver, 244 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.
- 244 mi1 h 09 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 352 mi1 h 28 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 541 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,848one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 615 mi2 h 14 mfrom $4,372one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 713 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,076one way, all‑in indicative
- 774 mi2 h 42 mfrom $5,510one 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 ~2,871 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,575 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,694 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,445 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,007 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,477 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,878 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,451 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,904 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,857 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 ~5,110 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,146 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,211 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,238 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,211 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,186 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,649 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,067 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,064 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,568 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,283 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,824 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,402 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,016 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.