KCDS · Childress Municipal Airport

CHILDRESS, TEXAS · MEDIUM AIRPORT

1,954

Elevation ft

Runways

5,949

Longest ft · 17/35

34.43N

100.29W

Childress Municipal Airport serves Childress, Texas at 1,954 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 5,949 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
17/35	5,949 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
04/22	4,425 × 60 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,954 ft is about 11°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, 11°C)	1,954 ft	2,819 ft	2,316 ft	3,474 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,154 ft	3,053 ft	2,443 ft	3,664 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,354 ft	3,287 ft	2,569 ft	3,854 ft
35°C afternoon	4,823 ft	3,379 ft	2,619 ft	3,928 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 5,949 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,928 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 KCDS is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KAXS Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport	50 nm E	5,501 ft
F05 Wilbarger County Airport	51 nm E	5,099 ft
KHBR Hobart Regional Airport	70 nm NE	5,507 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCDS

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

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