Houston to Vail.
Distance
830 nm
great circle
Flight time
2h 05m
heavy jet
light jet 2h 15m
Nonstop cabins
7 of 7
no fuel stop
Smallest nonstop
Single Turboprop
3h 05m
830 nautical miles from William P. Hobby to Eagle County Regional. Range is not the question on this one. Seven of seven cabins fly it nonstop, so the decision is passenger count and what goes in the hold.
What flies it
Block time is gate to gate. Each row is cruise plus 21 minutes for taxi, climb and approach. At 830 nautical miles a light jet and a midsize land within 5 minutes of each other, 2h 15m against 2h 10m. The midsize is bought here for cabin height and bag space, not for speed. Nonstop is judged against 85 percent of the low end of each category range band, so this column is a number dispatch can hold to rather than a brochure maximum.
| Cabin | Passengers | Time | HOU to EGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Jet | 10 to 14 | 2h 05m | Nonstop |
| Super Midsize | 8 to 10 | 2h 05m | Nonstop |
| Midsize Jet | 8 to 9 | 2h 10m | Nonstop |
| Super Light Jet | 7 to 9 | 2h 10m | Nonstop |
| Light Jet | 6 to 8 | 2h 15m | Nonstop |
| Twin Turboprop | 6 to 9 | 3h 00m | Nonstop |
| Single Turboprop | 6 to 9 | 3h 05m | Nonstop |
Departing
Houston, TX
- HOUWilliam P. Hobby
- SGRSugar Land Regional
- IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental
- IWSWest Houston