KA32 · Butte Valley Airport

DORRIS, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

4,243

Elevation ft

Runway

4,300

Longest ft · 16/34

41.89N

121.98W

Butte Valley Airport serves Dorris, California at 4,243 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 4,300 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
16/34	4,300 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,243 ft is about 7°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, 7°C)	4,243 ft	3,266 ft	2,558 ft	3,836 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,443 ft	3,500 ft	2,684 ft	4,026 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,643 ft	3,734 ft	2,811 ft	4,216 ft
35°C afternoon	7,661 ft	3,932 ft	2,918 ft	4,377 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 4,300 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,377 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 KA32 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLMT Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport	19 nm NE	10,302 ft
KSIY Siskiyou County Airport	23 nm W	7,490 ft
KO46 Weed Airport	33 nm SW	5,000 ft
KMFR Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport	49 nm NW	8,800 ft
KO89 Fall River Mills Airport	58 nm SE	5,000 ft
KLKV Lake County Airport	72 nm E	5,318 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KA32

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KA32, 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 KA32 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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