General aviation field
Brackett Field, La Verne.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,840 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,011 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 9 of 24
- Coordinates
- 34.09, -117.78
Brackett Field's 4,840 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, at 1,011 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. Los Angeles's published corridors start 41 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.
- 41 mi34 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 203 mi1 h 02 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 338 mi1 h 26 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 344 mi1 h 27 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 380 mi1 h 33 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 677 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,814one way, all‑in indicative
- 701 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,986one way, all‑in indicative
- 758 mi2 h 39 mfrom $5,395one 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. 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
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,730 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,400 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,513 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,276 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,811 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,307 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,689 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,668 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,817 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,860 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.