KGWB · De Kalb County Airport

AUBURN, INDIANA · SMALL AIRPORT

880

Elevation ft

Runway

7,106

Longest ft · 09/27

41.31N

85.06W

De Kalb County Airport serves Auburn, Indiana at 880 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 7,106 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
09/27	7,106 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 880 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)	880 ft	2,610 ft	2,203 ft	3,304 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,080 ft	2,844 ft	2,329 ft	3,494 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,280 ft	3,078 ft	2,456 ft	3,684 ft
35°C afternoon	3,491 ft	3,119 ft	2,478 ft	3,717 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 7,106 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,717 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 KGWB is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFWA Fort Wayne International Airport	21 nm S	11,981 ft
KHHG Huntington Municipal Airport	33 nm SW	5,001 ft
KVNW Van Wert County Airport	34 nm SE	5,000 ft
KIRS Kirsch Municipal Airport	35 nm NW	5,201 ft
KASW Warsaw Municipal Airport	35 nm W	6,001 ft
KGSH Goshen Municipal Airport	35 nm W	6,008 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KGWB

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

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