KAKO · Colorado Plains Regional Airport

AKRON, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

4,714

Elevation ft

Runway

7,001

Longest ft · 11/29

40.18N

103.22W

Colorado Plains Regional Airport serves Akron, Colorado at 4,714 ft elevation with its longest runway, 11/29, at 7,001 by 100 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
11/29	7,001 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,714 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)	4,714 ft	3,357 ft	2,607 ft	3,911 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,914 ft	3,591 ft	2,734 ft	4,101 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	7,114 ft	3,826 ft	2,861 ft	4,291 ft
35°C afternoon	8,245 ft	4,046 ft	2,980 ft	4,470 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (11/29, 7,001 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,470 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 KAKO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSTK Sterling Municipal Airport	26 nm N	5,201 ft
KFMM Fort Morgan Municipal Airport	28 nm W	5,731 ft
KRYA Wray Municipal Airport	45 nm E	5,399 ft
KHEQ Holyoke Airport	49 nm NE	5,000 ft
KSNY Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field	57 nm N	6,600 ft
KIBM Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field	64 nm N	6,199 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KAKO

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

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