KBBW · Broken Bow Municipal Airport

BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA · SMALL AIRPORT

2,547

Elevation ft

Runway

4,203

Longest ft · 14/32

41.44N

99.64W

Broken Bow Municipal Airport serves Broken Bow, Nebraska at 2,547 ft elevation with its longest runway, 14/32, at 4,203 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.

Open KBBW in JetDesk: live METAR, TAF, winds and runway verdict →

01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
14/32	4,203 × 75 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,547 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,547 ft	2,935 ft	2,379 ft	3,568 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,747 ft	3,169 ft	2,505 ft	3,758 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,947 ft	3,403 ft	2,632 ft	3,948 ft
35°C afternoon	5,558 ft	3,522 ft	2,696 ft	4,045 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (14/32, 4,203 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,045 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 KBBW is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KCZD Cozad Municipal Airport	38 nm SW	5,000 ft
KLXN Jim Kelly Field	39 nm S	5,489 ft
KLBF North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field	51 nm W	8,001 ft
KEAR Kearney Regional Airport	51 nm SE	7,094 ft
KGRI Central Nebraska Regional Airport	66 nm SE	7,002 ft
KANW Ainsworth Regional Airport	70 nm N	6,824 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KBBW

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

All Nebraska airports · Airport directory · Open JetDesk