General aviation field
Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,005 ft
- Field elevation
- 852 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.18, -97.83
Bridgeport Municipal Airport's 5,005 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 323 jet-capable fields in Texas, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 14 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 10. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 61 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.
- 61 mi38 minShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 206 mi1 h 03 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 287 mi1 h 17 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 589 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,192one way, all‑in indicative
- 654 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,650one way, all‑in indicative
- 665 mi2 h 23 mfrom $4,732one way, all‑in indicative
- 812 mi2 h 48 mfrom $5,780one way, all‑in indicative
- 822 mi2 h 50 mfrom $5,845one 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 ~2,718 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,384 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,497 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,261 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,794 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,292 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,672 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,651 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 ~4,838 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,871 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,933 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,959 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,933 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,794 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X and 4 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,161 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.