KPRZ · Portales Municipal Airport

PORTALES, NEW MEXICO · SMALL AIRPORT

4,078

Elevation ft

Runways

5,700

Longest ft · 01/19

34.15N

103.41W

Portales Municipal Airport serves Portales, New Mexico at 4,078 ft elevation with its longest runway, 01/19, at 5,700 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
01/19	5,700 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit
08/26	4,560 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,078 ft is about 7°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, 7°C)	4,078 ft	3,233 ft	2,540 ft	3,810 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,278 ft	3,467 ft	2,667 ft	4,000 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,478 ft	3,701 ft	2,793 ft	4,190 ft
35°C afternoon	7,457 ft	3,892 ft	2,897 ft	4,345 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (01/19, 5,700 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,345 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 KPRZ is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KCVN Clovis Municipal Airport	24 nm NE	7,200 ft
K2T1 Muleshoe Municipal Airport	38 nm E	5,100 ft
KFSU Fort Sumner Municipal Airport	45 nm NW	5,800 ft
KT55 Dimmitt Municipal Airport	60 nm NE	5,500 ft
KF98 Yoakum County Airport	63 nm SE	5,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPRZ

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

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