KCGZ · Casa Grande Municipal Airport

CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,464

Elevation ft

Runway

5,200

Longest ft · 05/23

32.95N

111.77W

Casa Grande Municipal Airport serves Casa Grande, Arizona at 1,464 ft elevation with its longest runway, 05/23, at 5,200 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
05/23	5,200 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,464 ft is about 12°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, 12°C)	1,464 ft	2,724 ft	2,264 ft	3,397 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,664 ft	2,958 ft	2,391 ft	3,587 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,864 ft	3,192 ft	2,518 ft	3,776 ft
35°C afternoon	4,215 ft	3,260 ft	2,555 ft	3,832 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (05/23, 5,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,832 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 KCGZ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KP08 Coolidge Municipal Airport	17 nm E	5,564 ft
KIWA Mesa Gateway Airport	22 nm N	10,401 ft
KFFZ Falcon Field	30 nm N	5,100 ft
KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	31 nm NW	11,489 ft
KMZJ Pinal Airpark	35 nm SE	6,849 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCGZ

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

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