KRBE · Rock County Airport

BASSETT, NEBRASKA · SMALL AIRPORT

2,349

Elevation ft

Runways

4,698

Longest ft · 13/31

42.57N

99.57W

Rock County Airport serves Bassett, Nebraska at 2,349 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,698 by 75 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	4,698 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
02/20	2,202 × 120 ft	graded earth	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,349 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,349 ft	2,896 ft	2,358 ft	3,537 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,549 ft	3,130 ft	2,484 ft	3,727 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,749 ft	3,364 ft	2,611 ft	3,917 ft
35°C afternoon	5,313 ft	3,474 ft	2,671 ft	4,006 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,698 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,006 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 KRBE is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KANW Ainsworth Regional Airport	19 nm W	6,824 ft
KICR Winner Regional Airport	51 nm N	5,500 ft
KYKN Chan Gurney Municipal Airport	98 nm E	6,094 ft
KMHE Mitchell Municipal Airport	99 nm NE	6,701 ft
KLBF North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field	100 nm SW	8,001 ft
KOFK Karl Stefan Memorial Airport	101 nm E	5,806 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KRBE

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

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