General aviation field
Marfa Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,203 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,849 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 30.37, -104.02
Marfa Municipal Airport's 6,203 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 4,849 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 379 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.
- 379 mi1 h 33 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 455 mi1 h 46 mfrom $3,234one way, all‑in indicative
- 514 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,659one way, all‑in indicative
- 525 mi1 h 58 mfrom $3,733one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 633 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,503one way, all‑in indicative
- 638 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,535one way, all‑in indicative
- 754 mi2 h 38 mfrom $5,362one 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 ~3,035 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,780 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,906 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,643 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,237 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,677 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,101 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,764 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,078 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 ~5,403 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,441 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,510 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,538 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,510 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,974 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,355 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,888 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 6,243 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.