Regional airport
Bethel Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,400 ft
- Field elevation
- 126 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 60.78, -161.84
Bethel Airport's 6,400 ft of runway is longer than most of the 56 jet-capable fields in Alaska, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 2,262 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.
- 2,262 mi4 h 38 mfrom $33,388one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,272 mi4 h 39 mfrom $33,524one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,303 mi4 h 42 mfrom $33,982one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,343 mi4 h 47 mfrom $34,577one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,386 mi4 h 52 mfrom $35,205one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,647 mi5 h 21 mfrom $39,060one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,649 mi5 h 21 mfrom $39,094one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,746 mi5 h 32 mfrom $40,521one 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 ~2,660 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,312 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,423 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,192 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,713 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,222 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,594 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,051 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,471 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,573 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 ~4,735 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,768 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,828 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,853 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,828 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,732 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,235 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,621 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,693 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,159 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,822 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,323 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,932 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,500 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.