K76F · Van Zandt County Regional Airport

WILLS POINT, TEXAS · MEDIUM AIRPORT

518

Elevation ft

Runway

3,230

Longest ft · 17/35

32.68N

95.98W

Van Zandt County Regional Airport serves Wills Point, Texas at 518 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 3,230 by 50 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	3,230 × 50 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 518 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)	518 ft	2,539 ft	2,165 ft	3,247 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,718 ft	2,773 ft	2,291 ft	3,437 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,918 ft	3,007 ft	2,418 ft	3,627 ft
35°C afternoon	3,042 ft	3,031 ft	2,431 ft	3,646 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 3,230 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (3,646 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 K76F is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KTRL Terrell Municipal Airport	14 nm W	5,006 ft
KGVT Majors Airport	24 nm N	8,030 ft
KHQZ Mesquite Metro Airport	28 nm W	5,999 ft
KSLR Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport	34 nm NE	5,001 ft
KTYR Tyler Pounds Regional Airport	35 nm SE	8,334 ft
KLNC Lancaster Airport	38 nm W	6,500 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K76F

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K76F, 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 K76F or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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