KEFD · Ellington Airport

HOUSTON, TEXAS · MEDIUM AIRPORT

Elevation ft

Runways

9,001

Longest ft · 17R/35L

29.61N

95.16W

Ellington Airport serves Houston, Texas at 32 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17R/35L, at 9,001 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
17R/35L	9,001 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
17L/35R	4,609 × 80 ft	concrete	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 32 ft is about 15°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, 15°C)	32 ft	2,444 ft	2,113 ft	3,170 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,232 ft	2,678 ft	2,240 ft	3,360 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,432 ft	2,912 ft	2,367 ft	3,550 ft
35°C afternoon	2,440 ft	2,914 ft	2,367 ft	3,551 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17R/35L, 9,001 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,551 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 KEFD is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHOU William P. Hobby Airport	7 nm W	7,602 ft
KAXH Houston Southwest Airport	18 nm W	5,002 ft
K54T RWJ Airpark	19 nm NE	5,035 ft
KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport	25 nm NW	12,001 ft
KGLS Scholes International At Galveston Airport	26 nm SE	6,001 ft
KSGR Sugar Land Regional Airport	26 nm W	8,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEFD

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

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