KCKP · Cherokee County Regional Airport

CHEROKEE, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,227

Elevation ft

Runways

4,001

Longest ft · 18/36

42.73N

95.56W

Cherokee County Regional Airport serves Cherokee, Iowa at 1,227 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 4,001 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
18/36	4,001 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
01/19	1,941 × 120 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,227 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)	1,227 ft	2,677 ft	2,239 ft	3,359 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,427 ft	2,911 ft	2,366 ft	3,549 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,627 ft	3,145 ft	2,493 ft	3,739 ft
35°C afternoon	3,921 ft	3,203 ft	2,524 ft	3,785 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 4,001 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,785 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 KCKP is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSLB Storm Lake Municipal Airport	16 nm SE	5,002 ft
KLRJ Le Mars Municipal Airport	28 nm W	5,056 ft
KSPW Spencer Municipal Airport	30 nm NE	6,001 ft
KSXK Sioux County Regional Airport	31 nm NW	5,500 ft
KSUX Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field	42 nm SW	9,002 ft
KDNS Denison Municipal Airport	45 nm S	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCKP

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

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