KEQA · Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport

EL DORADO, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,378

Elevation ft

Runways

4,204

Longest ft · 04/22

37.77N

96.82W

Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport serves El Dorado, Kansas at 1,378 ft elevation with its longest runway, 04/22, at 4,204 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
04/22	4,204 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
15/33	4,200 × 75 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,378 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)	1,378 ft	2,707 ft	2,255 ft	3,383 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,578 ft	2,941 ft	2,382 ft	3,573 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,778 ft	3,175 ft	2,509 ft	3,763 ft
35°C afternoon	4,109 ft	3,239 ft	2,543 ft	3,815 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (04/22, 4,204 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,815 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 KEQA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
1K1 Lloyd Stearman Field	14 nm W	5,106 ft
KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport	19 nm W	6,101 ft
KBEC Beech Factory Airport	19 nm W	8,001 ft
KEWK Newton City-County Airport	28 nm NW	7,003 ft
KICT Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport	30 nm W	10,302 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEQA

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

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