General aviation field
Lajitas International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,501 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,630 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 22 of 24
- Coordinates
- 29.28, -103.69
Lajitas International Airport's 6,501 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 2,630 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 22 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 2. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 366 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.
- 366 mi1 h 31 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 474 mi1 h 49 mfrom $3,373one way, all‑in indicative
- 506 mi1 h 55 mfrom $3,602one way, all‑in indicative
- 565 mi2 h 05 mfrom $4,020one way, all‑in indicative
- 570 mi2 h 06 mfrom $4,052one way, all‑in indicative
- 711 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,059one way, all‑in indicative
- 715 mi2 h 31 mfrom $5,084one way, all‑in indicative
- 815 mi2 h 49 mfrom $5,796one 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 ~2,859 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,560 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,679 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,431 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,991 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,463 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,862 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,429 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,880 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,841 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 ~5,089 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,125 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,190 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,216 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,190 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,161 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,626 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,042 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,044 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,546 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,258 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,376 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,796 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.