General aviation field
Tanacross Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,963 ft
- Field elevation
- 1,549 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 10 of 24
- Coordinates
- 63.37, -143.34
Tanacross Airport's 4,963 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 56 jet-capable fields in Alaska, at 1,549 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 10 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 14. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Bozeman, 1,738 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.
- 1,738 mi3 h 53 mfrom $18,832one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,789 mi3 h 59 mfrom $19,393one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,875 mi3 h 55 mfrom $27,665one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,946 mi4 h 03 mfrom $28,718one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,992 mi4 h 08 mfrom $29,397one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,228 mi4 h 34 mfrom $32,879one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,237 mi4 h 35 mfrom $33,014one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,272 mi4 h 39 mfrom $33,524one 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 ~2,773 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,453 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,568 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,328 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,871 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,359 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,746 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,725 ft here
Super-midsize
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,936 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,892 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350, Hawker 800XP, Cessna Citation X+ and 8 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,971 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.