KPRC · Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field

PRESCOTT, ARIZONA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE
5,045
Elevation ft
3
Runways
7,619
Longest ft · 03R/21L
34.65N
112.42W

Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field serves Prescott, Arizona at 5,045 ft elevation with its longest runway, 03R/21L, at 7,619 by 150 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

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLighting
03R/21L7,619 × 150 ftasphaltlit
12/304,408 × 75 ftasphaltlit
03L/21R4,395 × 60 ftasphaltlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,045 ft is about 5°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.

ConditionsDensity altitudeTakeoff est.Landing est.Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 5°C)5,045 ft3,422 ft2,642 ft3,963 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)6,245 ft3,656 ft2,769 ft4,153 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)7,445 ft3,890 ft2,895 ft4,343 ft
35°C afternoon8,656 ft4,126 ft3,023 ft4,535 ft
Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (03R/21L, 7,619 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,535 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 KPRC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

AirportDistanceLongest runway
KSEZ
Sedona Airport
33 nm E5,132 ft
KCMR
H.A. Clark Memorial Field
41 nm N6,003 ft
KE25
Wickenburg Municipal Airport
45 nm SW6,101 ft
KFLG
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
47 nm NE8,800 ft
KPAN
Payson Airport
59 nm SE5,504 ft
KDVT
Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
60 nm S8,196 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPRC

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

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