KGEV · Ashe County Airport

JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA · SMALL AIRPORT

3,180

Elevation ft

Runway

5,002

Longest ft · 10/28

36.43N

81.42W

Ashe County Airport serves Jefferson, North Carolina at 3,180 ft elevation with its longest runway, 10/28, at 5,002 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
10/28	5,002 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,180 ft is about 9°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, 9°C)	3,180 ft	3,058 ft	2,445 ft	3,668 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	4,380 ft	3,292 ft	2,572 ft	3,858 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,580 ft	3,526 ft	2,699 ft	4,048 ft
35°C afternoon	6,343 ft	3,675 ft	2,779 ft	4,169 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (10/28, 5,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,169 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 KGEV is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KUKF Wilkes County Airport	20 nm SE	6,201 ft
KMKJ Mountain Empire Airport	28 nm N	5,252 ft
KVJI Virginia Highlands Airport	33 nm NW	5,500 ft
K0A9 Elizabethton Municipal Airport	37 nm W	5,001 ft
KMRN Foothills Regional Airport	38 nm S	5,500 ft
KHKY Hickory Regional Airport	42 nm S	6,401 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KGEV

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

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