KKIC · Mesa Del Rey Airport

KING CITY, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

370

Elevation ft

Runway

4,479

Longest ft · 11/29

36.23N

121.12W

Mesa Del Rey Airport serves King City, California at 370 ft elevation with its longest runway, 11/29, at 4,479 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
11/29	4,479 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 370 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)	370 ft	2,510 ft	2,149 ft	3,224 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,570 ft	2,744 ft	2,276 ft	3,413 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,770 ft	2,978 ft	2,402 ft	3,603 ft
35°C afternoon	2,859 ft	2,996 ft	2,412 ft	3,617 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (11/29, 4,479 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,617 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 KKIC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSNS Salinas Municipal Airport	35 nm NW	6,004 ft
KC80 New Coalinga Municipal Airport	40 nm E	5,000 ft
KMRY Monterey Regional Airport	41 nm NW	7,175 ft
KPRB Paso Robles Municipal Airport	41 nm SE	6,008 ft
KCVH Hollister Municipal Airport	42 nm N	6,350 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KKIC

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

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