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Payson Airport.

KPAN · PJB · Payson, AZ — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,504 ft
Field elevation
5,157 ft
Runway-capable types
11 of 24
Coordinates
34.26, -111.34
Passengers
2 passengers

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Payson Airport's 5,504 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, and at 5,157 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 11 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 13. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Scottsdale, 55 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,060–3,811 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,060 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,811 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,672–4,271 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,938 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,672 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,271 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,707 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,111–4,134 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,134 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,111 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,447–5,485 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,447 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,485 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~5,398 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,398 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX and 7 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,554 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.