General aviation field
Hamilton Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,012 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,299 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 13 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.67, -98.15
Hamilton Municipal Airport's 5,012 ft of runway is longer than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, at 1,299 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 13 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 11. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 106 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.
- 106 mi45 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 112 mi46 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 221 mi1 h 05 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 663 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,715one way, all‑in indicative
- 716 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,092one way, all‑in indicative
- 726 mi2 h 33 mfrom $5,166one way, all‑in indicative
- 811 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,772one way, all‑in indicative
- 916 mi3 h 06 mfrom $6,516one 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 ~2,753 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,429 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,543 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,304 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,843 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,335 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,720 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,699 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,901 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,935 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,997 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,997 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,857 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450 and 5 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,023 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.