KE95 · Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field

BENSON, ARIZONA · SMALL AIRPORT

3,829

Elevation ft

Runway

4,002

Longest ft · 10/28

32.00N

110.36W

Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field serves Benson, Arizona at 3,829 ft elevation with its longest runway, 10/28, at 4,002 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
10/28	4,002 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,829 ft is about 7°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, 7°C)	3,829 ft	3,185 ft	2,514 ft	3,771 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,029 ft	3,419 ft	2,641 ft	3,961 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,229 ft	3,653 ft	2,767 ft	4,151 ft
35°C afternoon	7,148 ft	3,832 ft	2,864 ft	4,296 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (10/28, 4,002 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,296 ft). Plan hot-day departures for the morning and check the POH. 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 KE95 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KP33 Cochise County Airport	28 nm NE	6,095 ft
KTUS Tucson International Airport	30 nm W	10,996 ft
KRYN Ryan Field	42 nm W	5,500 ft
KOLS Nogales International Airport	43 nm SW	7,200 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KE95

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KE95, 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 KE95 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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