KBUY · Burlington Alamance Regional Airport

BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA · SMALL AIRPORT

617

Elevation ft

Runway

6,406

Longest ft · 06/24

36.05N

79.47W

Burlington Alamance Regional Airport serves Burlington, North Carolina at 617 ft elevation with its longest runway, 06/24, at 6,406 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
06/24	6,406 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 617 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	617 ft	2,558 ft	2,175 ft	3,263 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,817 ft	2,792 ft	2,302 ft	3,453 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,017 ft	3,026 ft	2,428 ft	3,642 ft
35°C afternoon	3,165 ft	3,055 ft	2,444 ft	3,666 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (06/24, 6,406 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,666 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 KBUY is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSCR Siler City Municipal Airport	21 nm S	5,000 ft
KGSO Piedmont Triad International Airport	23 nm W	10,001 ft
KTDF Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County	28 nm NE	6,005 ft
KSIF Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport	30 nm NW	5,200 ft
KHBI Asheboro Regional Airport	31 nm SW	5,501 ft
KDAN Danville Regional Airport	32 nm N	5,900 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KBUY

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

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