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Rancho del Cielo Airport, Fort Davis.

XS44 · Fort Davis, TX — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
6,280 ft
Field elevation
4,408 ft
Runway-capable types
18 of 24
Coordinates
31.02, -104.21
Passengers
2 passengers

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Rancho del Cielo Airport's 6,280 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Texas's 323 jet-capable fields, and its 4,408 ft elevation adds noticeably to the runway a jet needs in summer. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Austin, 394 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.

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

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,000–3,736 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~3,000 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,736 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,601–4,188 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,861 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,601 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~4,188 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,634 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,031–6,171 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~4,053 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,697 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~6,171 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~4,031 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,341–5,474 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~5,341 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~5,378 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,446 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,474 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,446 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,293–5,905 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,905 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~5,293 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,820 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,341 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.