KNRN · Norton Municipal Airport

NORTON, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

2,383

Elevation ft

Runways

4,701

Longest ft · 16/34

39.85N

99.89W

Norton Municipal Airport serves Norton, Kansas at 2,383 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 4,701 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
16/34	4,701 × 60 ft	concrete	lit
08/26	2,117 × 125 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,383 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)	2,383 ft	2,903 ft	2,361 ft	3,542 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,583 ft	3,137 ft	2,488 ft	3,732 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,783 ft	3,371 ft	2,615 ft	3,922 ft
35°C afternoon	5,355 ft	3,482 ft	2,675 ft	4,012 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 4,701 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,012 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 KNRN is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KPHG Phillipsburg Municipal Airport	28 nm E	5,101 ft
KHLC Hill City Municipal Airport	28 nm S	5,001 ft
KMCK McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport	39 nm NW	6,450 ft
KRCP Rooks County Regional Airport	41 nm SE	5,000 ft
KADT Atwood-Rawlins City-County Airport	53 nm W	5,000 ft
KLXN Jim Kelly Field	57 nm N	5,489 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KNRN

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

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