KRIL · Garfield County Regional Airport

RIFLE, COLORADO · MEDIUM AIRPORT

5,548

Elevation ft

Runway

7,000

Longest ft · 08/26

39.53N

107.73W

Garfield County Regional Airport serves Rifle, Colorado at 5,548 ft elevation with its longest runway, 08/26, at 7,000 by 100 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
08/26	7,000 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,548 ft is about 4°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, 4°C)	5,548 ft	3,520 ft	2,695 ft	4,043 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	6,748 ft	3,754 ft	2,822 ft	4,233 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	7,948 ft	3,988 ft	2,949 ft	4,423 ft
35°C afternoon	9,280 ft	4,248 ft	3,089 ft	4,634 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (08/26, 7,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,634 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 KRIL is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KEEO Meeker Coulter Field	32 nm N	6,503 ft
KEGE Eagle County Regional Airport	38 nm E	9,000 ft
KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)	44 nm SE	8,006 ft
KGJT Grand Junction Regional Airport	44 nm SW	9,339 ft
KAJZ Blake Field	47 nm S	5,598 ft
K4V0 Rangely Airport	59 nm NW	6,408 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KRIL

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

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