KMRN · Foothills Regional Airport

MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,270

Elevation ft

Runway

5,500

Longest ft · 03/21

35.82N

81.61W

Foothills Regional Airport serves Morganton, North Carolina at 1,270 ft elevation with its longest runway, 03/21, at 5,500 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
03/21	5,500 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,270 ft is about 12°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, 12°C)	1,270 ft	2,686 ft	2,244 ft	3,366 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,470 ft	2,920 ft	2,371 ft	3,556 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,670 ft	3,154 ft	2,497 ft	3,746 ft
35°C afternoon	3,975 ft	3,213 ft	2,529 ft	3,794 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (03/21, 5,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,794 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 KMRN is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHKY Hickory Regional Airport	12 nm SE	6,401 ft
KFQD Rutherford County Marchman Field	28 nm SW	5,000 ft
KIPJ Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport	30 nm SE	5,700 ft
KSVH Statesville Regional Airport	32 nm E	7,003 ft
KEHO Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport	34 nm S	5,001 ft
KUKF Wilkes County Airport	35 nm NE	6,201 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KMRN

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

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