E63 · Gila Bend Municipal Airport

GILA BEND, ARIZONA · SMALL AIRPORT

789

Elevation ft

Runway

5,200

Longest ft · 04/22

32.96N

112.68W

Gila Bend Municipal Airport serves Gila Bend, Arizona at 789 ft elevation with its longest runway, 04/22, at 5,200 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
04/22	5,200 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 789 ft is about 13°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, 13°C)	789 ft	2,592 ft	2,193 ft	3,290 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,989 ft	2,826 ft	2,320 ft	3,480 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,189 ft	3,060 ft	2,446 ft	3,670 ft
35°C afternoon	3,378 ft	3,097 ft	2,466 ft	3,700 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (04/22, 5,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,700 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 E63 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBXK Buckeye Municipal Airport	28 nm N	5,500 ft
KGYR Phoenix Goodyear Airport	32 nm NE	8,500 ft
KGEU Glendale Municipal Airport	39 nm NE	7,150 ft
KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	44 nm NE	11,489 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at E63

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at E63, 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 E63 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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