KHZE · Mercer County Regional Airport

HAZEN, NORTH DAKOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,814

Elevation ft

Runway

4,999

Longest ft · 15/33

47.29N

101.58W

Mercer County Regional Airport serves Hazen, North Dakota at 1,814 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 4,999 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
15/33	4,999 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,814 ft is about 11°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, 11°C)	1,814 ft	2,792 ft	2,301 ft	3,452 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,014 ft	3,026 ft	2,428 ft	3,642 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,214 ft	3,260 ft	2,555 ft	3,832 ft
35°C afternoon	4,649 ft	3,345 ft	2,600 ft	3,901 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 4,999 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,901 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 KHZE is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBIS Bismarck Municipal Airport	46 nm SE	8,794 ft
KDIK Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport	58 nm SW	7,301 ft
KMOT Minot International Airport	59 nm N	7,700 ft
KS25 Watford City Municipal Airport	74 nm NW	6,550 ft
D60 Tioga Municipal Airport	84 nm NW	5,102 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KHZE

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

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