K7V8 · Julesburg Municipal Airport

JULESBURG, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

3,495

Elevation ft

Runway

4,100

Longest ft · 13/31

40.97N

102.31W

Julesburg Municipal Airport serves Julesburg, Colorado at 3,495 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,100 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
13/31	4,100 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,495 ft is about 8°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, 8°C)	3,495 ft	3,120 ft	2,479 ft	3,718 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	4,695 ft	3,354 ft	2,605 ft	3,908 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,895 ft	3,588 ft	2,732 ft	4,098 ft
35°C afternoon	6,734 ft	3,751 ft	2,820 ft	4,231 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,100 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,231 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 K7V8 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHEQ Holyoke Airport	24 nm S	5,000 ft
KOGA Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle Field	26 nm E	5,102 ft
KSNY Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field	31 nm W	6,600 ft
KIML Imperial Municipal Airport	42 nm SE	5,022 ft
KSTK Sterling Municipal Airport	48 nm SW	5,201 ft
KRYA Wray Municipal Airport	52 nm S	5,399 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at K7V8

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at K7V8, 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 K7V8 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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