KEET · Shelby County Airport

ALABASTER, ALABAMA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

586

Elevation ft

Runway

5,000

Longest ft · 16/34

33.18N

86.78W

Shelby County Airport serves Alabaster, Alabama at 586 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 5,000 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	5,000 × 75 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 586 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)	586 ft	2,552 ft	2,172 ft	3,258 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,786 ft	2,786 ft	2,298 ft	3,448 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,986 ft	3,020 ft	2,425 ft	3,638 ft
35°C afternoon	3,127 ft	3,048 ft	2,440 ft	3,660 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 5,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,660 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 KEET is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KEKY Bessemer Airport	11 nm NW	6,007 ft
KBHM Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport	23 nm N	12,007 ft
KSCD Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport	24 nm E	5,390 ft
KTCL Tuscaloosa National Airport	42 nm W	6,498 ft
KASN Talladega Municipal Airport	44 nm NE	6,032 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEET

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

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