KITR · Kit Carson County Airport

BURLINGTON, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT

4,219

Elevation ft

Runway

5,199

Longest ft · 15/33

39.24N

102.28W

Kit Carson County Airport serves Burlington, Colorado at 4,219 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 5,199 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	5,199 × 75 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,219 ft is about 7°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, 7°C)	4,219 ft	3,261 ft	2,555 ft	3,833 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,419 ft	3,495 ft	2,682 ft	4,023 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,619 ft	3,729 ft	2,808 ft	4,212 ft
35°C afternoon	7,632 ft	3,927 ft	2,915 ft	4,373 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 5,199 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,373 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 KITR is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KGLD Goodland Municipal Airport	28 nm E	5,499 ft
KSYF Cheyenne County Municipal Airport	39 nm NE	5,200 ft
KRYA Wray Municipal Airport	52 nm N	5,399 ft
5K2 Tribune Municipal Airport	54 nm SE	5,007 ft
KCBK Shalz Field	59 nm E	5,110 ft
K3K7 Mark Hoard Memorial Airport	64 nm SE	5,100 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KITR

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

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