KJVW · John Bell Williams Airport

RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI · SMALL AIRPORT

247

Elevation ft

Runway

5,499

Longest ft · 12/30

32.30N

90.41W

John Bell Williams Airport serves Raymond, Mississippi at 247 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 5,499 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
12/30	5,499 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 247 ft is about 15°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, 15°C)	247 ft	2,486 ft	2,136 ft	3,204 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,447 ft	2,720 ft	2,263 ft	3,394 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,647 ft	2,954 ft	2,389 ft	3,584 ft
35°C afternoon	2,706 ft	2,966 ft	2,395 ft	3,593 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 5,499 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,593 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 KJVW is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHKS Hawkins Field	10 nm E	5,387 ft
KJAN Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport	17 nm E	8,500 ft
KVKS Vicksburg Municipal Airport	27 nm W	5,000 ft
KTVR Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport	32 nm W	5,002 ft
K87I Yazoo County Airport	35 nm N	5,000 ft
K1R7 Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport	42 nm S	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KJVW

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

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