KLBE · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

1,199

Elevation ft

Runway

8,222

Longest ft · 06/24

40.28N

79.40W

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport serves Latrobe, Pennsylvania at 1,199 ft elevation with its longest runway, 06/24, at 8,222 by 150 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
06/24	8,222 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,199 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)	1,199 ft	2,672 ft	2,236 ft	3,355 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,399 ft	2,906 ft	2,363 ft	3,545 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,599 ft	3,140 ft	2,490 ft	3,735 ft
35°C afternoon	3,887 ft	3,196 ft	2,520 ft	3,780 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (06/24, 8,222 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,780 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 KLBE is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K2G9 Somerset County Airport	23 nm SE	5,002 ft
KAGC Allegheny County Airport	25 nm W	6,501 ft
KIDI Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport	25 nm NE	5,502 ft
KJST John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport	26 nm E	7,004 ft
KPIT Pittsburgh International Airport	40 nm W	11,500 ft
KAFJ Washington County Airport	41 nm W	5,004 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KLBE

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

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