General aviation field
La Junta Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,849 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,229 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 38.05, -103.51
La Junta Municipal Airport's 6,849 ft of runway is longer than most of the 67 jet-capable fields in Colorado, and its 4,229 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 128 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.
- 128 mi49 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 199 mi1 h 02 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 519 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,692one way, all‑in indicative
- 539 mi2 h 01 mfrom $3,831one way, all‑in indicative
- 560 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,987one way, all‑in indicative
- 636 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,527one way, all‑in indicative
- 656 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,666one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one 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 ~2,986 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,719 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,843 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,583 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,168 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,617 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,034 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,670 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,141 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,012 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 ~5,315 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,353 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,420 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,448 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,420 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,434 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,877 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,310 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,268 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,792 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,536 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,660 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 7,098 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.