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Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport.

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Longest paved runway
12,002 ft
Field elevation
2,543 ft
Runway-capable types
24 of 24
Coordinates
34.63, -118.08
Passengers
2 passengers

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At 12,002 ft, Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport has the fifth-longest runway of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, and its 2,543 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. Los Angeles's published corridors start 37 miles from this field.

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. 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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,852–3,552 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,852 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,552 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,423–3,981 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,670 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,423 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,981 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,455 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,832–5,866 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,853 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,416 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,866 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,832 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,077–5,204 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,077 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,112 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,177 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,204 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,177 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,032–6,146 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,146 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,613 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,027 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,032 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,532 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~6,242–6,970 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,242 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,780 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,361 ft here
    • Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,970 ft here

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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