KAEJ · Central Colorado Regional Airport

BUENA VISTA, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

7,946

Elevation ft

Runway

8,303

Longest ft · 15/33

38.81N

106.12W

Central Colorado Regional Airport serves Buena Vista, Colorado at 7,946 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 8,303 by 75 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
15/33	8,303 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 7,946 ft is about -1°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, -1°C)	7,946 ft	3,988 ft	2,948 ft	4,422 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	9,146 ft	4,222 ft	3,075 ft	4,612 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	10,346 ft	4,456 ft	3,202 ft	4,802 ft
35°C afternoon	12,253 ft	4,828 ft	3,403 ft	5,104 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 8,303 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (5,104 ft needed). 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 KAEJ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KANK Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field	17 nm S	7,351 ft
KLXV Lake County Airport	26 nm N	6,400 ft
KGUC Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport	42 nm SW	9,400 ft
KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)	43 nm NW	8,006 ft
K1V6 Fremont County Airport	53 nm SE	5,399 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KAEJ

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

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