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General aviation field

San Miguel Ranch Airport, Las Vegas.

NM53 · Las Vegas, NM — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.Flying to Las Vegas →
Longest paved runway
5,600 ft
Field elevation
6,300 ft
Runway-capable types
9 of 24
Coordinates
35.51, -104.58
Passengers
2 passengers

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San Miguel Ranch Airport's 5,600 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 57 jet-capable fields in New Mexico, and at 6,300 ft the field is high enough that density altitude takes a real bite out of what that runway will accept on a warm afternoon. 9 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 15. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Denver, 281 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.

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 ~3,151–3,924 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,151 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,924 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,781–4,398 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~4,054 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,781 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,398 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,817 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,233–4,257 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,257 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,233 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~5,559 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,559 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP and 9 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,609 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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