K3Y2 · George L Scott Municipal Airport

WEST UNION, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,232

Elevation ft

Runway

4,149

Longest ft · 17/35

42.99N

91.79W

George L Scott Municipal Airport serves West Union, Iowa at 1,232 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,149 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
17/35	4,149 × 60 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,232 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)	1,232 ft	2,678 ft	2,240 ft	3,360 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,432 ft	2,912 ft	2,367 ft	3,550 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,632 ft	3,146 ft	2,493 ft	3,740 ft
35°C afternoon	3,928 ft	3,204 ft	2,524 ft	3,787 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,149 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,787 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 K3Y2 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KPDC Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport	29 nm E	5,000 ft
KIIB Independence Municipal Airport	32 nm S	5,500 ft
KALO Waterloo Regional Airport	37 nm SW	8,399 ft
KOVS Boscobel Airport	50 nm E	5,000 ft
KLSE La Crosse Regional Airport	59 nm NE	8,742 ft
KDBQ Dubuque Regional Airport	59 nm SE	6,502 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K3Y2

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K3Y2, 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 K3Y2 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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