KELA · Eagle Lake Airport

EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

184

Elevation ft

Runway

4,280

Longest ft · 17/35

29.60N

96.32W

Eagle Lake Airport serves Eagle Lake, Texas at 184 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,280 by 60 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
17/35	4,280 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 184 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)	184 ft	2,474 ft	2,129 ft	3,194 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,384 ft	2,708 ft	2,256 ft	3,384 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,584 ft	2,942 ft	2,383 ft	3,574 ft
35°C afternoon	2,628 ft	2,951 ft	2,387 ft	3,581 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,280 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,581 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 KELA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KARM Wharton Regional Airport	23 nm SE	5,004 ft
KSGR Sugar Land Regional Airport	35 nm E	8,000 ft
K11R Brenham Municipal Airport	37 nm N	6,003 ft
K3T5 Fayette Regional Air Center Airport	38 nm NW	5,001 ft
KAXH Houston Southwest Airport	44 nm E	5,002 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KELA

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

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