K3M7 · Lafayette Municipal Airport

LAFAYETTE, TENNESSEE · SMALL AIRPORT

969

Elevation ft

Runway

5,200

Longest ft · 01/19

36.52N

86.06W

Lafayette Municipal Airport serves Lafayette, Tennessee at 969 ft elevation with its longest runway, 01/19, 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
01/19	5,200 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 969 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)	969 ft	2,627 ft	2,212 ft	3,318 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,169 ft	2,861 ft	2,339 ft	3,508 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,369 ft	3,095 ft	2,465 ft	3,698 ft
35°C afternoon	3,602 ft	3,141 ft	2,490 ft	3,735 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (01/19, 5,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,735 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 K3M7 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KXNX Music City Executive Airport	19 nm SW	6,300 ft
K1M5 Portland Municipal Airport	21 nm W	5,003 ft
KM54 Lebanon Municipal Airport	23 nm SW	5,000 ft
KGLW Glasgow Municipal Airport	31 nm N	5,301 ft
KBWG Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport	32 nm NW	6,501 ft
K8A3 Livingston Municipal Airport	37 nm E	5,153 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K3M7

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K3M7, 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 K3M7 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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