KRDK · Red Oak Municipal Airport

RED OAK, IOWA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,045

Elevation ft

Runways

5,100

Longest ft · 05/23

41.01N

95.26W

Red Oak Municipal Airport serves Red Oak, Iowa at 1,045 ft elevation with its longest runway, 05/23, at 5,100 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
05/23	5,100 × 75 ft	concrete	lit
17/35	2,901 × 60 ft	concrete	lit
14/32	2,050 × 210 ft	turf (fair)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,045 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)	1,045 ft	2,642 ft	2,220 ft	3,330 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,245 ft	2,876 ft	2,347 ft	3,520 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,445 ft	3,110 ft	2,473 ft	3,710 ft
35°C afternoon	3,696 ft	3,159 ft	2,500 ft	3,750 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (05/23, 5,100 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,750 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 KRDK is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSDA Shenandoah Municipal Airport	17 nm SW	5,000 ft
KICL Schenck Field	20 nm SE	5,002 ft
KAIO Atlantic Municipal Airport	26 nm N	5,000 ft
KCBF Council Bluffs Municipal Airport	27 nm NW	5,500 ft
KPMV Plattsmouth Municipal Airport	30 nm W	5,500 ft
KOMA Eppley Airfield	34 nm NW	9,502 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KRDK

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

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