KGUC · Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport

GUNNISON, COLORADO · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

7,680

Elevation ft

Runways

9,400

Longest ft · 7/25

38.53N

106.93W

Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport serves Gunnison, Colorado at 7,680 ft elevation with its longest runway, 7/25, at 9,400 by 150 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
7/25	9,400 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
17/35	2,981 × 150 ft	gvl	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 7,680 ft is about 0°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, 0°C)	7,680 ft	3,936 ft	2,920 ft	4,380 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	8,880 ft	4,170 ft	3,047 ft	4,570 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	10,080 ft	4,404 ft	3,173 ft	4,760 ft
35°C afternoon	11,923 ft	4,763 ft	3,368 ft	5,052 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (7/25, 9,400 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (5,052 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 KGUC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)	41 nm N	8,006 ft
KANK Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field	42 nm E	7,351 ft
KAEJ Central Colorado Regional Airport	42 nm NE	8,303 ft
KMTJ Montrose Regional Airport	45 nm W	10,000 ft
KLXV Lake County Airport	50 nm NE	6,400 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KGUC

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

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