40G · Valle Airport

GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA · SMALL AIRPORT

5,999

Elevation ft

Runway

4,199

Longest ft · 01/19

35.65N

112.15W

Valle Airport serves Grand Canyon, Arizona at 5,999 ft elevation with its longest runway, 01/19, at 4,199 by 45 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
01/19	4,199 × 45 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,999 ft is about 3°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, 3°C)	5,999 ft	3,608 ft	2,743 ft	4,114 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,199 ft	3,842 ft	2,869 ft	4,304 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	8,399 ft	4,076 ft	2,996 ft	4,494 ft
35°C afternoon	9,839 ft	4,357 ft	3,148 ft	4,722 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (01/19, 4,199 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,722 ft). Plan hot-day departures for the morning and check the POH. 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 40G is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KGCN Grand Canyon National Park Airport	18 nm N	8,999 ft
KCMR H.A. Clark Memorial Field	21 nm S	6,003 ft
KFLG Flagstaff Pulliam Airport	39 nm SE	8,800 ft
KT03 Tuba City Airport	46 nm NE	6,230 ft
KSEZ Sedona Airport	51 nm S	5,132 ft
KPRC Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field	61 nm S	7,619 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at 40G

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at 40G, 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 40G or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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