KCMX · Houghton County Memorial Airport

HANCOCK, MICHIGAN · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

1,095

Elevation ft

Runways

6,501

Longest ft · 14/32

47.17N

88.49W

Houghton County Memorial Airport serves Hancock, Michigan at 1,095 ft elevation with its longest runway, 14/32, at 6,501 by 150 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
14/32	6,501 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
07/25	5,201 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,095 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)	1,095 ft	2,652 ft	2,226 ft	3,338 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,295 ft	2,886 ft	2,352 ft	3,528 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,495 ft	3,120 ft	2,479 ft	3,718 ft
35°C afternoon	3,758 ft	3,171 ft	2,506 ft	3,760 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (14/32, 6,501 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,760 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 KCMX is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSAW Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport	67 nm SE	9,072 ft
KIWD Gogebic Iron County Airport	78 nm SW	6,502 ft
KEGV Eagle River Union Airport	81 nm SW	5,000 ft
KIMT Ford Airport	82 nm S	6,502 ft
KCKC Grand Marais Cook County Airport	87 nm NW	5,002 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCMX

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

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