KEKY · Bessemer Airport

BESSEMER, ALABAMA · SMALL AIRPORT

700

Elevation ft

Runway

6,007

Longest ft · 05/23

33.31N

86.93W

Bessemer Airport serves Bessemer, Alabama at 700 ft elevation with its longest runway, 05/23, at 6,007 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
05/23	6,007 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 700 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)	700 ft	2,575 ft	2,184 ft	3,276 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,900 ft	2,809 ft	2,310 ft	3,466 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,100 ft	3,043 ft	2,437 ft	3,656 ft
35°C afternoon	3,268 ft	3,075 ft	2,455 ft	3,682 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (05/23, 6,007 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,682 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 KEKY is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KEET Shelby County Airport	11 nm SE	5,000 ft
KBHM Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport	17 nm NE	12,007 ft
KSCD Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport	32 nm E	5,390 ft
KTCL Tuscaloosa National Airport	35 nm W	6,498 ft
KJFX Walker County Airport Bevill Field	40 nm NW	5,004 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEKY

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

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