Regional airport
Merrill Field, Anchorage.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 137 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 61.21, -149.84
Merrill Field's 4,000 ft of runway is shorter 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. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 1,872 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.
- 1,872 mi3 h 55 mfrom $27,631one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,895 mi3 h 57 mfrom $27,971one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,979 mi4 h 07 mfrom $29,210one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,000 mi4 h 09 mfrom $29,516one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,023 mi4 h 11 mfrom $29,856one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,298 mi4 h 42 mfrom $33,914one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,322 mi4 h 45 mfrom $34,271one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,363 mi4 h 49 mfrom $34,866one 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 ~2,661 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,314 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,424 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,193 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,714 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,223 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,595 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,575 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 4,694 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.