General aviation field
Tuba City Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,230 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,513 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 18 of 24
- Coordinates
- 36.09, -111.38
Tuba City Airport's 6,230 ft of runway is longer than most of the 77 jet-capable fields in Arizona, and its 4,513 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Scottsdale, 173 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.
- 173 mi57 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 211 mi1 h 04 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 328 mi1 h 24 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 422 mi1 h 40 mfrom $3,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 430 mi1 h 42 mfrom $3,062one way, all‑in indicative
- 520 mi1 h 57 mfrom $3,700one way, all‑in indicative
- 535 mi2 h 00 mfrom $3,807one way, all‑in indicative
- 609 mi2 h 13 mfrom $4,331one 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 ~3,009 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,747 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,872 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,611 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,200 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,645 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,065 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,713 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,188 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,042 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 ~5,356 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,393 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,461 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,490 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,461 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,921 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,308 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,836 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,358 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.