K5B2 · Saratoga County Airport

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK · SMALL AIRPORT

434

Elevation ft

Runways

4,699

Longest ft · 05/23

43.05N

73.86W

Saratoga County Airport serves Saratoga Springs, New York at 434 ft elevation with its longest runway, 05/23, at 4,699 by 100 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
05/23	4,699 × 100 ft	asphalt (PEM)	lit
14/32	4,000 × 100 ft	asphalt (PEM)	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 434 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	434 ft	2,523 ft	2,156 ft	3,234 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,634 ft	2,757 ft	2,282 ft	3,424 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,834 ft	2,991 ft	2,409 ft	3,613 ft
35°C afternoon	2,938 ft	3,011 ft	2,420 ft	3,630 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (05/23, 4,699 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,630 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 K5B2 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSCH Schenectady County Airport	12 nm S	7,001 ft
KALB Albany International Airport	18 nm S	8,500 ft
KGFL Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport	21 nm NE	5,000 ft
KPSF Pittsfield Municipal Airport	45 nm SE	5,792 ft
K1B1 Columbia County Airport	46 nm S	5,350 ft
KRUT Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport	49 nm NE	5,304 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K5B2

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K5B2, 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 K5B2 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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