General aviation field
Roaring Springs Ranch Airport, Frenchglen.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 4,576 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 17 of 24
- Coordinates
- 42.65, -118.99
Roaring Springs Ranch Airport's 6,000 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Oregon's 46 jet-capable fields, and its 4,576 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 17 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 7. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Sun Valley, 244 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.
- 244 mi1 h 09 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 352 mi1 h 28 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 395 mi1 h 36 mShort legpriced at the daily minimum
- 421 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,996one way, all‑in indicative
- 444 mi1 h 44 mfrom $3,160one way, all‑in indicative
- 498 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,545one way, all‑in indicative
- 583 mi2 h 08 mfrom $4,151one way, all‑in indicative
- 674 mi2 h 24 mfrom $4,797one 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 ~3,014 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,753 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,878 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,617 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,207 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,651 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,071 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,723 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,049 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 ~5,365 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,402 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,470 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,499 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,470 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,931 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,317 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,846 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER and 1 more — the shortest of these needs about 6,198 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.