General aviation field
Pecos Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,236 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,613 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 20 of 24
- Coordinates
- 31.38, -103.51
Pecos Municipal Airport's 6,236 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 2,613 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 20 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 4. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 357 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.
- 357 mi1 h 29 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 403 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,865one way, all‑in indicative
- 504 mi1 h 55 mfrom $3,586one way, all‑in indicative
- 513 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,651one way, all‑in indicative
- 571 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,061one way, all‑in indicative
- 574 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,085one way, all‑in indicative
- 685 mi2 h 26 mfrom $4,871one way, all‑in indicative
- 742 mi2 h 36 mfrom $5,280one 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 ~2,858 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,559 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,677 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,429 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,989 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,462 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,861 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,426 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,877 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,839 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 ~5,087 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,122 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,187 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,214 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,187 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,158 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,624 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,039 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,041 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,543 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,255 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.