Regional airport
Las Vegas Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 8,199 ft
- Field elevation
- 6,877 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 35.65, -105.14
Las Vegas Municipal Airport's 8,199 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of New Mexico's 57 jet-capable fields, and at 6,877 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, 265 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.
- 265 mi1 h 13 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 272 mi1 h 14 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 410 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,914one way, all‑in indicative
- 511 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,635one way, all‑in indicative
- 560 mi2 h 04 mfrom $3,987one way, all‑in indicative
- 574 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,085one way, all‑in indicative
- 625 mi2 h 16 mfrom $4,445one way, all‑in indicative
- 708 mi2 h 30 mfrom $5,035one 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 ~3,197 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,981 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,114 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,836 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,462 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,872 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,319 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~6,070 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,574 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,294 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 ~5,690 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,730 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,802 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,833 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,802 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,888 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,291 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,755 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,639 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~6,200 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,997 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,599 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~7,129 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,812 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.