KA50 · Colorado Springs East Airport

ELLICOTT, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

6,145

Elevation ft

Runways

4,500

Longest ft · 17L/35R

38.87N

104.41W

Colorado Springs East Airport serves Ellicott, Colorado at 6,145 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17L/35R, at 4,500 by 40 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
17L/35R	4,500 × 40 ft	gvl	unlit
17R/35L	4,500 × 42 ft	asphalt	lit
08/26	3,440 × 60 ft	gvl	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 6,145 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)	6,145 ft	3,637 ft	2,758 ft	4,137 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,345 ft	3,871 ft	2,885 ft	4,327 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	8,545 ft	4,105 ft	3,011 ft	4,517 ft
35°C afternoon	10,020 ft	4,392 ft	3,167 ft	4,751 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17L/35R, 4,500 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,751 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 KA50 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFLY Meadow Lake Airport	9 nm NW	6,001 ft
KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport	14 nm W	13,500 ft
KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport	35 nm S	10,498 ft
K1V6 Fremont County Airport	42 nm SW	5,399 ft
KAPA Centennial Airport	46 nm NW	10,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KA50

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KA50, 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 KA50 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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