KCSQ · Creston Municipal Airport

CRESTON, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,300

Elevation ft

Runways

4,901

Longest ft · 16/34

41.02N

94.36W

Creston Municipal Airport serves Creston, Iowa at 1,300 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 4,901 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
16/34	4,901 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
04/22	1,692 × 100 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,300 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)	1,300 ft	2,692 ft	2,247 ft	3,371 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,500 ft	2,926 ft	2,374 ft	3,561 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,700 ft	3,160 ft	2,500 ft	3,751 ft
35°C afternoon	4,012 ft	3,221 ft	2,533 ft	3,800 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 4,901 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,800 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 KCSQ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KICL Schenck Field	35 nm SW	5,002 ft
KAIO Atlantic Municipal Airport	39 nm NW	5,000 ft
KRDK Red Oak Municipal Airport	41 nm W	5,100 ft
KDSM Des Moines International Airport	44 nm NE	9,004 ft
KPRO Perry Municipal Airport	49 nm N	5,500 ft
KSDA Shenandoah Municipal Airport	50 nm W	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCSQ

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

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