K20U · Beach Airport

BEACH, NORTH DAKOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

2,756

Elevation ft

Runway

4,200

Longest ft · 12/30

46.93N

103.98W

Beach Airport serves Beach, North Dakota at 2,756 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 4,200 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
12/30	4,200 × 60 ft	asphalt (good)	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,756 ft is about 9°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, 9°C)	2,756 ft	2,976 ft	2,401 ft	3,601 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,956 ft	3,210 ft	2,527 ft	3,791 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,156 ft	3,444 ft	2,654 ft	3,981 ft
35°C afternoon	5,817 ft	3,573 ft	2,724 ft	4,086 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 4,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,086 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 K20U is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KGDV Dawson Community Airport	36 nm W	5,704 ft
KBHK Baker Municipal Airport	37 nm S	5,904 ft
KSDY Sidney - Richland Regional Airport	48 nm N	5,705 ft
KDIK Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport	49 nm E	7,301 ft
KS25 Watford City Municipal Airport	60 nm NE	6,550 ft
KXWA Williston Basin International Airport	81 nm N	7,503 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K20U

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K20U, 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 K20U or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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