General aviation field
Watford City Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,550 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,111 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 47.80, -103.25
Watford City Municipal Airport's 6,550 ft of runway is longer than most of the 23 jet-capable fields in North Dakota, at 2,111 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 398 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.
- 398 mi1 h 36 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 463 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,291one way, all‑in indicative
- 574 mi2 h 07 mfrom $4,085one way, all‑in indicative
- 610 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,339one way, all‑in indicative
- 619 mi2 h 15 mfrom $4,404one way, all‑in indicative
- 845 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,009one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,012 mi3 h 23 mfrom $7,196one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,077 mi3 h 34 mfrom $7,663one 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 ~2,818 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,509 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,626 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,381 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,933 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,413 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,807 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,351 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,795 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,785 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 ~5,016 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,051 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,115 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,141 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,115 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,072 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,545 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,955 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,971 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,466 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,167 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,284 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,698 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.