E05 · Hatch Municipal Airport

HATCH, NEW MEXICO · SMALL AIRPORT

4,080

Elevation ft

Runway

4,110

Longest ft · 11/29

32.66N

107.20W

Hatch Municipal Airport serves Hatch, New Mexico at 4,080 ft elevation with its longest runway, 11/29, at 4,110 by 60 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
11/29	4,110 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,080 ft is about 7°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, 7°C)	4,080 ft	3,234 ft	2,540 ft	3,811 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,280 ft	3,468 ft	2,667 ft	4,001 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,480 ft	3,702 ft	2,794 ft	4,190 ft
35°C afternoon	7,459 ft	3,893 ft	2,897 ft	4,345 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (11/29, 4,110 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,345 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 E05 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLRU Las Cruces International Airport	26 nm SE	7,506 ft
KTCS Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport	35 nm N	7,202 ft
KDMN Deming Municipal Airport	36 nm SW	8,018 ft
KSVC Grant County Airport	48 nm W	6,803 ft
K94E Whiskey Creek Airport	51 nm W	5,400 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at E05

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at E05, 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 E05 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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