KBWP · Harry Stern Airport

WAHPETON, NORTH DAKOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

968

Elevation ft

Runways

5,100

Longest ft · 15/33

46.24N

96.61W

Harry Stern Airport serves Wahpeton, North Dakota at 968 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 5,100 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	5,100 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
03/21	3,254 × 150 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 968 ft is about 13°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, 13°C)	968 ft	2,627 ft	2,212 ft	3,318 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,168 ft	2,861 ft	2,339 ft	3,508 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,368 ft	3,095 ft	2,465 ft	3,698 ft
35°C afternoon	3,600 ft	3,140 ft	2,490 ft	3,735 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 5,100 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,735 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 KBWP is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFFM Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field	19 nm E	5,639 ft
KFAR Hector International Airport	42 nm N	9,001 ft
KGWR Gwinner Roger Melroe Field	43 nm W	5,000 ft
KDTL Detroit Lakes Airport	46 nm NE	5,201 ft
KAXN Chandler Field	55 nm SE	5,099 ft
KPKD Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field	75 nm NE	5,497 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KBWP

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

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