KMEJ · Meade Municipal Airport

MEADE, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

2,529

Elevation ft

Runways

4,800

Longest ft · 17/35

37.28N

100.36W

Meade Municipal Airport serves Meade, Kansas at 2,529 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,800 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
17/35	4,800 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
08/26	2,085 × 85 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,529 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,529 ft	2,931 ft	2,377 ft	3,565 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,729 ft	3,165 ft	2,503 ft	3,755 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,929 ft	3,399 ft	2,630 ft	3,945 ft
35°C afternoon	5,536 ft	3,518 ft	2,694 ft	4,041 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,800 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,041 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 KMEJ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLBL Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport	32 nm SW	7,105 ft
KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport	35 nm NE	6,899 ft
KGCK Garden City Regional Airport	43 nm NW	7,299 ft
KHQG Hugoton Municipal Airport	49 nm W	5,000 ft
KULS Ulysses Airport	52 nm W	6,000 ft
KPYX Perryton Ochiltree County Airport	55 nm S	5,701 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KMEJ

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

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