KPPQ · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport

PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS · SMALL AIRPORT

710

Elevation ft

Runway

4,000

Longest ft · 13/31

39.64N

90.78W

Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport serves Pittsfield, Illinois at 710 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,000 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
13/31	4,000 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 710 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	710 ft	2,576 ft	2,185 ft	3,277 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,910 ft	2,811 ft	2,312 ft	3,467 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,110 ft	3,045 ft	2,438 ft	3,657 ft
35°C afternoon	3,280 ft	3,078 ft	2,456 ft	3,684 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,684 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 KPPQ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KI63 Mount Sterling Municipal Airport	21 nm N	5,905 ft
KIJX Jacksonville Municipal Airport	26 nm E	5,000 ft
KUIN Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field	26 nm NW	7,098 ft
KSPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport	52 nm E	8,001 ft
KMQB Macomb Municipal Airport	53 nm N	5,100 ft
KMYJ Mexico Memorial Airport	56 nm SW	5,501 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPPQ

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

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