2H0 · Shelby County Airport

SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS · SMALL AIRPORT

618

Elevation ft

Runways

4,098

Longest ft · 18/36

39.41N

88.85W

Shelby County Airport serves Shelbyville, Illinois at 618 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 4,098 by 75 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
18/36	4,098 × 75 ft	asphalt (good)	lit
14/32	2,336 × 180 ft	turf (good)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 618 ft is about 14°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)	618 ft	2,559 ft	2,175 ft	3,263 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,818 ft	2,793 ft	2,302 ft	3,453 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,018 ft	3,027 ft	2,428 ft	3,643 ft
35°C afternoon	3,166 ft	3,055 ft	2,444 ft	3,666 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 4,098 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,666 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at 2H0 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K1H2 Effingham County Memorial Airport	25 nm SE	5,103 ft
KDEC Decatur Airport	25 nm N	8,496 ft
KMTO Coles County Memorial Airport	27 nm E	6,501 ft
KCMI University of Illinois Willard Airport	46 nm NE	8,101 ft
KSPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport	46 nm NW	8,001 ft
KFOA Flora Municipal Airport	48 nm S	5,003 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at 2H0

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at 2H0, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at 2H0 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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