KHAB · Marion County Rankin Fite Airport

HAMILTON, ALABAMA · SMALL AIRPORT

436

Elevation ft

Runway

5,495

Longest ft · 18/36

34.12N

88.00W

Marion County Rankin Fite Airport serves Hamilton, Alabama at 436 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 5,495 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
18/36	5,495 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 436 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)	436 ft	2,523 ft	2,156 ft	3,234 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,636 ft	2,757 ft	2,283 ft	3,424 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,836 ft	2,991 ft	2,409 ft	3,614 ft
35°C afternoon	2,941 ft	3,012 ft	2,420 ft	3,630 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 5,495 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,630 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 KHAB is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K1M4 Posey Field	22 nm NE	5,008 ft
KM22 Bill Pugh Field	24 nm NE	5,500 ft
KJFX Walker County Airport Bevill Field	36 nm E	5,004 ft
KTUP Tupelo Regional Airport	39 nm W	7,150 ft
KMSL Northwest Alabama Regional Airport	42 nm NE	6,693 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KHAB

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

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