KH96 · Benton Municipal Airport

BENTON, ILLINOIS · SMALL AIRPORT

444

Elevation ft

Runway

4,002

Longest ft · 18/36

38.01N

88.93W

Benton Municipal Airport serves Benton, Illinois at 444 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 4,002 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
18/36	4,002 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 444 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	444 ft	2,525 ft	2,157 ft	3,235 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,644 ft	2,759 ft	2,283 ft	3,425 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,844 ft	2,993 ft	2,410 ft	3,615 ft
35°C afternoon	2,951 ft	3,014 ft	2,421 ft	3,632 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 4,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,632 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 KH96 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMWA Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois	16 nm S	8,012 ft
KMVN Mount Vernon Outland Airport	19 nm N	6,496 ft
KMDH Southern Illinois Airport	20 nm SW	6,506 ft
KHSB Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport	22 nm SE	5,013 ft
KENL Centralia Municipal Airport	31 nm N	5,001 ft
KPCD Perryville Regional Airport	45 nm W	6,483 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KH96

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KH96, 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 KH96 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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