K18V · Platte Valley Airpark

HUDSON, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

4,965

Elevation ft

Runways

4,100

Longest ft · 15/33

40.10N

104.70W

Platte Valley Airpark serves Hudson, Colorado at 4,965 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 4,100 by 40 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
15/33	4,100 × 40 ft	asphalt (good)	lit
09/27	2,500 × 90 ft	turf (fair)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,965 ft is about 5°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, 5°C)	4,965 ft	3,406 ft	2,634 ft	3,951 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	6,165 ft	3,640 ft	2,760 ft	4,141 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	7,365 ft	3,874 ft	2,887 ft	4,331 ft
35°C afternoon	8,557 ft	4,107 ft	3,013 ft	4,519 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 4,100 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,519 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 K18V is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KDEN Denver International Airport	14 nm S	16,000 ft
KCFO Colorado Air and Space Port	20 nm S	8,002 ft
KGXY Greeley–Weld County Airport	20 nm N	10,000 ft
KBJC Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport	22 nm SW	9,000 ft
KFNL Northern Colorado Regional Airport	25 nm NW	8,500 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K18V

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K18V, 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 K18V or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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