KLAM · Los Alamos Airport

LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO · SMALL AIRPORT

7,171

Elevation ft

Runway

6,000

Longest ft · 09/27

35.88N

106.27W

Los Alamos Airport serves Los Alamos, New Mexico at 7,171 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 6,000 by 120 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
09/27	6,000 × 120 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 7,171 ft is about 1°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, 1°C)	7,171 ft	3,837 ft	2,867 ft	4,300 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	8,371 ft	4,071 ft	2,993 ft	4,490 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	9,571 ft	4,305 ft	3,120 ft	4,680 ft
35°C afternoon	11,292 ft	4,640 ft	3,301 ft	4,952 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 6,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,952 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 KLAM is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
E14 Ohkay Owingeh Airport	14 nm NE	5,007 ft
KSAF Santa Fe Municipal Airport	18 nm SE	8,366 ft
KSKX Taos Regional Airport	45 nm NE	5,504 ft
KAEG Double Eagle II Airport	51 nm SW	7,398 ft
KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport	53 nm S	13,793 ft
K0E0 Moriarty Municipal Airport	56 nm S	7,702 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KLAM

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

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