KPOH · Pocahontas Municipal Airport

POCAHONTAS, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,226

Elevation ft

Runways

4,100

Longest ft · 12/30

42.74N

94.65W

Pocahontas Municipal Airport serves Pocahontas, Iowa at 1,226 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 4,100 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
12/30	4,100 × 60 ft	concrete	lit
18/36	1,999 × 135 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,226 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)	1,226 ft	2,677 ft	2,239 ft	3,359 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,426 ft	2,911 ft	2,366 ft	3,549 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,626 ft	3,145 ft	2,493 ft	3,739 ft
35°C afternoon	3,920 ft	3,203 ft	2,524 ft	3,785 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 4,100 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,785 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 KPOH is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KFOD Fort Dodge Regional Airport	23 nm SE	6,547 ft
KSLB Storm Lake Municipal Airport	28 nm W	5,002 ft
KSPW Spencer Municipal Airport	35 nm NW	6,001 ft
KCIN Arthur N Neu Airport	42 nm S	5,506 ft
KFXY Forest City Municipal Airport	54 nm NE	5,796 ft
KFRM Fairmont Municipal Airport	55 nm N	5,505 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPOH

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

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