KEST · Estherville Municipal Airport

ESTHERVILLE, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,319

Elevation ft

Runways

4,797

Longest ft · 16/34

43.41N

94.75W

Estherville Municipal Airport serves Estherville, Iowa at 1,319 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 4,797 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
16/34	4,797 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
06/24	2,989 × 90 ft	graded earth	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,319 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)	1,319 ft	2,695 ft	2,249 ft	3,374 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,519 ft	2,929 ft	2,376 ft	3,564 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,719 ft	3,163 ft	2,502 ft	3,754 ft
35°C afternoon	4,036 ft	3,225 ft	2,536 ft	3,804 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 4,797 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,804 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 KEST is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFRM Fairmont Municipal Airport	20 nm NE	5,505 ft
KSPW Spencer Municipal Airport	25 nm SW	6,001 ft
KOTG Worthington Municipal Airport	39 nm NW	5,500 ft
KFXY Forest City Municipal Airport	50 nm E	5,796 ft
KSLB Storm Lake Municipal Airport	53 nm SW	5,002 ft
KULM New Ulm Municipal Airport	56 nm N	5,401 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEST

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

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