KFFT · Capital City Airport

FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY · SMALL AIRPORT

806

Elevation ft

Runway

5,006

Longest ft · 07/25

38.18N

84.91W

Capital City Airport serves Frankfort, Kentucky at 806 ft elevation with its longest runway, 07/25, at 5,006 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
07/25	5,006 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 806 ft is about 13°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, 13°C)	806 ft	2,595 ft	2,195 ft	3,293 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,006 ft	2,829 ft	2,322 ft	3,482 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,206 ft	3,063 ft	2,448 ft	3,672 ft
35°C afternoon	3,399 ft	3,101 ft	2,469 ft	3,703 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (07/25, 5,006 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,703 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 KFFT is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLEX Blue Grass Airport	17 nm SE	7,004 ft
K27K Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport	22 nm E	5,498 ft
8GK Gallatin County Airport	30 nm N	5,000 ft
KBRY Samuels Field	36 nm SW	5,003 ft
K6I2 Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field	37 nm SW	5,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KFFT

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

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