KC15 · Pekin Municipal Airport

PEKIN, ILLINOIS · SMALL AIRPORT

530

Elevation ft

Runway

5,000

Longest ft · 09/27

40.49N

89.68W

Pekin Municipal Airport serves Pekin, Illinois at 530 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 5,000 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
09/27	5,000 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 530 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)	530 ft	2,541 ft	2,166 ft	3,249 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,730 ft	2,775 ft	2,293 ft	3,439 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,930 ft	3,009 ft	2,419 ft	3,629 ft
35°C afternoon	3,057 ft	3,034 ft	2,433 ft	3,649 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 5,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,649 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 KC15 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KPIA General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport	11 nm N	10,104 ft
KBMI Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal	35 nm E	8,000 ft
KSPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport	39 nm S	8,001 ft
KGBG Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport	44 nm NW	5,792 ft
KMQB Macomb Municipal Airport	45 nm W	5,100 ft
KIJX Jacksonville Municipal Airport	50 nm SW	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KC15

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KC15, 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 KC15 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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