K7V2 · North Fork Valley Airport

PAONIA, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

5,798

Elevation ft

Runway

4,500

Longest ft · 05/23

38.83N

107.65W

North Fork Valley Airport serves Paonia, Colorado at 5,798 ft elevation with its longest runway, 05/23, at 4,500 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
05/23	4,500 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,798 ft is about 3°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, 3°C)	5,798 ft	3,569 ft	2,722 ft	4,083 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	6,998 ft	3,803 ft	2,848 ft	4,272 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	8,198 ft	4,037 ft	2,975 ft	4,462 ft
35°C afternoon	9,590 ft	4,308 ft	3,122 ft	4,683 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (05/23, 4,500 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,683 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 K7V2 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KAJZ Blake Field	20 nm W	5,598 ft
KMTJ Montrose Regional Airport	23 nm SW	10,000 ft
KGUC Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport	38 nm SE	9,400 ft
KRIL Garfield County Regional Airport	42 nm N	7,000 ft
KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)	43 nm NE	8,006 ft
KGJT Grand Junction Regional Airport	45 nm NW	9,339 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K7V2

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K7V2, 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 K7V2 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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