Regional airport
Soldotna Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 113 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 14 of 24
- Coordinates
- 60.47, -151.04
Soldotna Airport's 5,001 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. 14 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 10. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 1,898 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.
- 1,898 mi3 h 58 mfrom $28,004one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,914 mi3 h 59 mfrom $28,242one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,978 mi4 h 06 mfrom $29,193one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,022 mi4 h 11 mfrom $29,839one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,023 mi4 h 11 mfrom $29,856one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,306 mi4 h 43 mfrom $34,033one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,322 mi4 h 45 mfrom $34,271one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,384 mi4 h 52 mfrom $35,188one 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 ~2,659 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,311 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,422 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,191 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,712 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,221 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,592 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,572 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 ~4,733 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,766 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,826 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,851 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,826 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,691 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+, Dassault Falcon 900LX, Learjet 60XR, Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X and 4 more — the shortest of these needs about 5,049 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.