KK59 · Amelia Earhart Airport

ATCHISON, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,064

Elevation ft

Runway

4,000

Longest ft · 9/27

39.57N

95.18W

Amelia Earhart Airport serves Atchison, Kansas at 1,064 ft elevation with its longest runway, 9/27, at 4,000 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
9/27	4,000 × 75 ft	concrete/asp	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,064 ft is about 13°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, 13°C)	1,064 ft	2,646 ft	2,222 ft	3,333 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,264 ft	2,880 ft	2,349 ft	3,523 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,464 ft	3,114 ft	2,475 ft	3,713 ft
35°C afternoon	3,719 ft	3,163 ft	2,502 ft	3,754 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (9/27, 4,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,754 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 KK59 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSTJ Rosecrans Memorial Airport	17 nm NE	8,061 ft
KMCI Kansas City International Airport	27 nm SE	10,801 ft
KLWC Lawrence Municipal Airport	34 nm S	5,701 ft
KTOP Philip Billard Municipal Airport	37 nm SW	5,099 ft
KMKC Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport	38 nm SE	6,827 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KK59

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KK59, 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 KK59 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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