Regional airport
Wasilla Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 3,700 ft
- Field elevation
- 354 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 7 of 24
- Coordinates
- 61.57, -149.54
Wasilla Airport's 3,700 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. 7 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 17. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 1,870 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.
- 1,870 mi3 h 54 mfrom $27,597one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,896 mi3 h 57 mfrom $27,988one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,989 mi4 h 08 mfrom $29,346one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,999 mi4 h 09 mfrom $29,499one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,032 mi4 h 12 mfrom $29,991one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,304 mi4 h 43 mfrom $33,999one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,330 mi4 h 46 mfrom $34,390one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,361 mi4 h 49 mfrom $34,849one 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 ~2,678 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,335 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,446 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,214 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,244 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,618 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,598 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Embraer Phenom 300, Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude and 11 more — the shortest of these needs about 3,738 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.