KRTN · Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field

RATON, NEW MEXICO · SMALL AIRPORT

6,352

Elevation ft

Runways

7,615

Longest ft · 02/20

36.74N

104.50W

Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field serves Raton, New Mexico at 6,352 ft elevation with its longest runway, 02/20, at 7,615 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
02/20	7,615 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
07/25	4,425 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 6,352 ft is about 2°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, 2°C)	6,352 ft	3,677 ft	2,780 ft	4,170 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,552 ft	3,911 ft	2,907 ft	4,360 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	8,752 ft	4,145 ft	3,033 ft	4,550 ft
35°C afternoon	10,276 ft	4,442 ft	3,194 ft	4,791 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (02/20, 7,615 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,791 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 KRTN is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KS42 Springer Municipal Airport	25 nm S	5,003 ft
KTAD Perry Stokes Airport	32 nm N	5,500 ft
KAXX Angel Fire Airport	43 nm SW	8,900 ft
KN24 Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport	53 nm W	6,861 ft
K07V Cuchara Valley At La Veta Airport	53 nm NW	5,798 ft
KSKX Taos Regional Airport	59 nm W	5,504 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KRTN

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

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