KELO · Ely Municipal Airport

ELY, MINNESOTA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

1,456

Elevation ft

Runway

5,596

Longest ft · 12/30

47.82N

91.83W

Ely Municipal Airport serves Ely, Minnesota at 1,456 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 5,596 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
12/30	5,596 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,456 ft is about 12°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, 12°C)	1,456 ft	2,722 ft	2,264 ft	3,395 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,656 ft	2,956 ft	2,390 ft	3,585 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,856 ft	3,190 ft	2,517 ft	3,775 ft
35°C afternoon	4,205 ft	3,258 ft	2,554 ft	3,830 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 5,596 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,830 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 KELO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHIB Range Regional Airport	49 nm SW	6,758 ft
KCKC Grand Marais Cook County Airport	58 nm E	5,002 ft
KDLH Duluth International Airport	61 nm S	10,591 ft
KDYT Sky Harbor Airport	67 nm S	10,000 ft
KSUW Richard I Bong Memorial Airport	69 nm S	5,100 ft
KINL Falls International Airport	77 nm NW	7,400 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KELO

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

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