KPBX · Pike County Airport Hatcher Field

PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY · SMALL AIRPORT

1,473

Elevation ft

Runways

5,356

Longest ft · 09/27

37.56N

82.57W

Pike County Airport Hatcher Field serves Pikeville, Kentucky at 1,473 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 5,356 by 100 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
09/27	5,356 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
02/20	3,455 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,473 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)	1,473 ft	2,725 ft	2,265 ft	3,398 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,673 ft	2,959 ft	2,392 ft	3,588 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,873 ft	3,193 ft	2,519 ft	3,778 ft
35°C afternoon	4,227 ft	3,262 ft	2,556 ft	3,834 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 5,356 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,834 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 KPBX is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSJS Big Sandy Regional Airport	12 nm N	5,051 ft
KLNP Lonesome Pine Airport	34 nm S	5,131 ft
KCPF Wendell H Ford Airport	35 nm W	5,499 ft
KHTS Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field	48 nm N	7,017 ft
KVJI Virginia Highlands Airport	58 nm SE	5,500 ft
KDWU Ashland Regional Airport	60 nm N	5,402 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPBX

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

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