K78 · Abilene Municipal Airport

ABILENE, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,152

Elevation ft

Runway

4,100

Longest ft · 17/35

38.90N

97.24W

Abilene Municipal Airport serves Abilene, Kansas at 1,152 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,100 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
17/35	4,100 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,152 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)	1,152 ft	2,663 ft	2,232 ft	3,347 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,352 ft	2,897 ft	2,358 ft	3,537 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,552 ft	3,131 ft	2,485 ft	3,727 ft
35°C afternoon	3,828 ft	3,185 ft	2,514 ft	3,771 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,100 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,771 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 K78 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSLN Salina Municipal Airport	21 nm W	12,301 ft
KMHK Manhattan Regional Airport	30 nm NE	7,400 ft
KMPR Mc Pherson Airport	39 nm SW	5,503 ft
KEWK Newton City-County Airport	51 nm S	7,003 ft
KHUT Hutchinson Municipal Airport	58 nm SW	7,003 ft
KEMP Emporia Municipal Airport	60 nm SE	5,005 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K78

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K78, 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 K78 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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