KLUD · Decatur Municipal Airport

DECATUR, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,047

Elevation ft

Runway

4,200

Longest ft · 17/35

33.25N

97.58W

Decatur Municipal Airport serves Decatur, Texas at 1,047 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,200 by 60 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
17/35	4,200 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,047 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)	1,047 ft	2,642 ft	2,220 ft	3,331 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,247 ft	2,876 ft	2,347 ft	3,521 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,447 ft	3,110 ft	2,474 ft	3,710 ft
35°C afternoon	3,698 ft	3,159 ft	2,500 ft	3,750 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,200 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,750 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 KLUD is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KXBP Bridgeport Municipal Airport	13 nm W	5,005 ft
K4T2 Kenneth Copeland Airport	17 nm S	5,943 ft
KDTO Denton Enterprise Airport	19 nm E	7,002 ft
KAFW Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport	21 nm SE	11,125 ft
KFTW Fort Worth Meacham International Airport	28 nm SE	7,502 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KLUD

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

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