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Regional airport

Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone.

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Longest paved runway
8,400 ft
Field elevation
6,649 ft
Runway-capable types
24 of 24
Coordinates
44.69, -111.12
Passengers
2 passengers

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Yellowstone Airport's 8,400 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Montana's 62 jet-capable fields, and at 6,649 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 75 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,179–3,958 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,179 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,958 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,814–4,437 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,090 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,814 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,437 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,850 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,270–6,537 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,294 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~6,036 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,537 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,270 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,658–5,799 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,658 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,697 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,769 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,799 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,769 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,608–6,849 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~6,849 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~6,255 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~6,717 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,608 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~6,165 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~6,957–7,768 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,957 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~7,555 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~7,089 ft here
    • Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~7,768 ft here

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.