KDCM · Chester Catawba Regional Airport

CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA · SMALL AIRPORT

656

Elevation ft

Runways

5,000

Longest ft · 17/35

34.79N

81.20W

Chester Catawba Regional Airport serves Chester, South Carolina at 656 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 5,000 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
17/35	5,000 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
05/23	4,998 × 100 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 656 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	656 ft	2,566 ft	2,179 ft	3,269 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,856 ft	2,800 ft	2,306 ft	3,459 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,056 ft	3,034 ft	2,432 ft	3,649 ft
35°C afternoon	3,213 ft	3,065 ft	2,449 ft	3,673 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 5,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,673 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 KDCM is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KUZA Rock Hill - York County Airport	14 nm NE	5,500 ft
KLKR Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field	17 nm E	6,004 ft
KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport	28 nm NE	10,000 ft
KFDW Fairfield County Airport	29 nm S	5,243 ft
KEQY Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport	32 nm NE	7,001 ft
KEHO Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport	34 nm NW	5,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KDCM

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

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