KDRO · Durango La Plata County Airport

DURANGO, COLORADO · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

6,685

Elevation ft

Runway

9,201

Longest ft · 03/21

37.15N

107.75W

Durango La Plata County Airport serves Durango, Colorado at 6,685 ft elevation with its longest runway, 03/21, at 9,201 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
03/21	9,201 × 150 ft	asphalt (good)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 6,685 ft is about 2°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, 2°C)	6,685 ft	3,742 ft	2,815 ft	4,223 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,885 ft	3,976 ft	2,942 ft	4,413 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	9,085 ft	4,210 ft	3,068 ft	4,603 ft
35°C afternoon	10,689 ft	4,523 ft	3,238 ft	4,857 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (03/21, 9,201 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,857 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 KDRO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K00C Animas Air Park	6 nm NW	5,010 ft
KFMN Four Corners Regional Airport	34 nm SW	6,704 ft
KPSO Stevens Field	34 nm E	8,100 ft
KCEZ Cortez Municipal Airport	43 nm W	7,205 ft
K24N Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport	46 nm SE	7,500 ft
KTEX Telluride Regional Airport	49 nm N	7,111 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KDRO

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

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