KFXY · Forest City Municipal Airport

FOREST CITY, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,229

Elevation ft

Runways

5,796

Longest ft · 15/33

43.23N

93.62W

Forest City Municipal Airport serves Forest City, Iowa at 1,229 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 5,796 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
15/33	5,796 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
09/27	2,707 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,229 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)	1,229 ft	2,678 ft	2,240 ft	3,359 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,429 ft	2,912 ft	2,366 ft	3,549 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,629 ft	3,146 ft	2,493 ft	3,739 ft
35°C afternoon	3,924 ft	3,203 ft	2,524 ft	3,786 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 5,796 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,786 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 KFXY is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMCW Mason City Municipal Airport	14 nm E	6,501 ft
KAEL Albert Lea Municipal Airport	29 nm NE	5,000 ft
KFRM Fairmont Municipal Airport	42 nm NW	5,505 ft
KFOD Fort Dodge Regional Airport	48 nm SW	6,547 ft
KOWA Owatonna Degner Regional Airport	56 nm N	5,500 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KFXY

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

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