General aviation field
Rogers Field, Chester.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,020 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,528 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 40.28, -121.24
Rogers Field's 5,020 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, and its 4,528 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Napa, 153 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.
- 153 mi54 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 199 mi1 h 02 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 421 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,996one way, all‑in indicative
- 440 mi1 h 43 mfrom $3,127one way, all‑in indicative
- 447 mi1 h 45 mfrom $3,176one way, all‑in indicative
- 586 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,167one way, all‑in indicative
- 634 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,511one way, all‑in indicative
- 690 mi2 h 27 mfrom $4,912one 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 ~3,010 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,748 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,873 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,612 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,201 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,646 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,066 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,044 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,310 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.