General aviation field
Cheyenne County Municipal Airport, St Francis.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,200 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,413 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 10 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.76, -101.80
Cheyenne County Municipal Airport's 5,200 ft of runway is longer than most of the 74 jet-capable fields in Kansas, and its 3,413 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 10 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 14. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 163 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.
- 163 mi55 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 273 mi1 h 14 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 532 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,782one way, all‑in indicative
- 551 mi2 h 03 mfrom $3,921one way, all‑in indicative
- 631 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,486one way, all‑in indicative
- 695 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,945one way, all‑in indicative
- 701 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,986one way, all‑in indicative
- 702 mi2 h 29 mfrom $4,994one 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 ~2,921 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,638 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,759 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,506 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,078 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,539 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,947 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,925 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,200 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,154 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+ and 8 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,236 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.