KAAT · Alturas Municipal Airport

ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

4,378

Elevation ft

Runways

4,228

Longest ft · 13/31

41.48N

120.57W

Alturas Municipal Airport serves Alturas, California at 4,378 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,228 by 50 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	4,228 × 50 ft	asphalt	lit
03/21	2,506 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,378 ft is about 6°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, 6°C)	4,378 ft	3,292 ft	2,572 ft	3,858 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,578 ft	3,526 ft	2,698 ft	4,048 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,778 ft	3,760 ft	2,825 ft	4,238 ft
35°C afternoon	7,829 ft	3,965 ft	2,936 ft	4,404 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,228 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,404 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 KAAT is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLKV Lake County Airport	41 nm N	5,318 ft
KO89 Fall River Mills Airport	48 nm SW	5,000 ft
KLMT Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport	66 nm NW	10,302 ft
KO05 Rogers Field	78 nm SW	5,320 ft
KO46 Weed Airport	85 nm W	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KAAT

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

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