KBAC · Barnes County Municipal Airport

VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,402

Elevation ft

Runways

4,201

Longest ft · 13/31

46.94N

98.02W

Barnes County Municipal Airport serves Valley City, North Dakota at 1,402 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,201 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
13/31	4,201 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
17/35	3,539 × 100 ft	turf	unlit
05/23	2,525 × 120 ft	turf	unlit
08/26	2,520 × 120 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,402 ft is about 12°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, 12°C)	1,402 ft	2,711 ft	2,258 ft	3,387 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,602 ft	2,945 ft	2,385 ft	3,577 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,802 ft	3,180 ft	2,511 ft	3,767 ft
35°C afternoon	4,138 ft	3,245 ft	2,547 ft	3,820 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,201 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,820 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 KBAC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KJMS Jamestown Regional Airport	27 nm W	6,502 ft
KGWR Gwinner Roger Melroe Field	46 nm S	5,000 ft
KFAR Hector International Airport	49 nm E	9,001 ft
KGFK Grand Forks International Airport	70 nm NE	7,351 ft
KBWP Harry Stern Airport	72 nm SE	5,100 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KBAC

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

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