Regional airport
Grant County Airport, Silver City.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,803 ft
- Field elevation
- 5,446 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 21 of 24
- Coordinates
- 32.64, -108.15
Grant County Airport's 6,803 ft of runway is longer than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and at 5,446 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Scottsdale, 228 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.
- 228 mi1 h 07 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 460 mi1 h 47 mfrom $3,275one way, all‑in indicative
- 465 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,307one way, all‑in indicative
- 513 mi1 h 56 mfrom $3,651one way, all‑in indicative
- 605 mi2 h 12 mfrom $4,306one way, all‑in indicative
- 641 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,560one way, all‑in indicative
- 657 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,675one way, all‑in indicative
- 662 mi2 h 22 mfrom $4,707one 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 ~3,083 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,839 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,967 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,700 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,303 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,734 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,165 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,854 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,340 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,142 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 ~5,488 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,526 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,596 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,625 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,596 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,643 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,067 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,515 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,439 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,980 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,748 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,876 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.