General aviation field
Lancaster Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,500 ft
- Field elevation
- 501 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.58, -96.72
Lancaster Airport's 6,500 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. Dallas's published corridors start 21 miles from this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 21 mi31 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 174 mi57 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 220 mi1 h 05 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 623 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,429one way, all‑in indicative
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 730 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,190one way, all‑in indicative
- 817 mi2 h 49 mfrom $5,812one way, all‑in indicative
- 881 mi3 h 00 mfrom $6,271one 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. Short legs sit at the smallest cabin's daily minimum, so we show distance and time for those and price them on request.
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 ~2,690 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,350 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,461 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,228 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,755 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,258 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,634 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,108 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,532 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,614 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 ~4,788 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,821 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,882 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,908 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,882 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,796 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,293 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,684 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,745 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,217 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,887 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,394 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,999 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,573 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.