Major airport
Palm Springs International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 10,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 477 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.83, -116.51
Palm Springs International Airport's 10,000 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of California's 152 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Los Angeles, 116 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.
- 116 mi47 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 174 mi57 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 265 mi1 h 13 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 411 mi1 h 38 mfrom $2,923one way, all‑in indicative
- 442 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,144one way, all‑in indicative
- 651 mi2 h 20 mfrom $4,634one way, all‑in indicative
- 679 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,830one way, all‑in indicative
- 743 mi2 h 36 mfrom $5,289one 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 ~2,688 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,347 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,459 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,226 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,256 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,631 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,104 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,528 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,611 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 ~4,785 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,818 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,879 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,904 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,879 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,792 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,290 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,680 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,742 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,214 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,883 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,389 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,995 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,569 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.