General aviation field
Weddle Field, Long Creek.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 3,823 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 44.76, -119.10
Weddle Field's 4,400 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 46 jet-capable fields in Oregon, and its 3,823 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Sun Valley, 253 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.
- 253 mi1 h 11 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 392 mi1 h 35 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 422 mi1 h 40 mfrom $3,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 481 mi1 h 51 mfrom $3,422one way, all‑in indicative
- 527 mi1 h 59 mfrom $3,749one way, all‑in indicative
- 634 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,511one way, all‑in indicative
- 730 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,190one way, all‑in indicative
- 734 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,223one 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 ~2,954 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,678 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,801 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,545 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,123 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,578 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,991 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,968 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,211 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.