KGBD · Great Bend Municipal Airport

GREAT BEND, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,887

Elevation ft

Runways

7,852

Longest ft · 17/35

38.34N

98.86W

Great Bend Municipal Airport serves Great Bend, Kansas at 1,887 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 7,852 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
17/35	7,852 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
11/29	4,706 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,887 ft is about 11°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, 11°C)	1,887 ft	2,806 ft	2,309 ft	3,464 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,087 ft	3,040 ft	2,436 ft	3,654 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,287 ft	3,274 ft	2,562 ft	3,843 ft
35°C afternoon	4,740 ft	3,362 ft	2,610 ft	3,915 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 7,852 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,915 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 KGBD is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KRSL Russell Municipal Airport	32 nm N	5,000 ft
KHYS Hays Regional Airport	36 nm NW	6,501 ft
KPTT Pratt Regional Airport	39 nm S	5,500 ft
KHUT Hutchinson Municipal Airport	50 nm E	7,003 ft
KMPR Mc Pherson Airport	55 nm E	5,503 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KGBD

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

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