KRYA · Wray Municipal Airport

WRAY, COLORADO · SMALL AIRPORT
3,667
Elevation ft
1
Runway
5,399
Longest ft · 17/35
40.10N
102.24W

Wray Municipal Airport serves Wray, Colorado at 3,667 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 5,399 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

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLighting
17/355,399 × 75 ftasphalt (good)lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,667 ft is about 8°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.

ConditionsDensity altitudeTakeoff est.Landing est.Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 8°C)3,667 ft3,153 ft2,497 ft3,745 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)4,867 ft3,387 ft2,623 ft3,935 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)6,067 ft3,621 ft2,750 ft4,125 ft
35°C afternoon6,947 ft3,793 ft2,843 ft4,264 ft
Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 5,399 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,264 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 KRYA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

AirportDistanceLongest runway
KHEQ
Holyoke Airport
28 nm N5,000 ft
KSYF
Cheyenne County Municipal Airport
29 nm SE5,200 ft
KIML
Imperial Municipal Airport
38 nm NE5,022 ft
KAKO
Colorado Plains Regional Airport
45 nm W7,001 ft
KGLD
Goodland Municipal Airport
50 nm SE5,499 ft
KITR
Kit Carson County Airport
52 nm S5,199 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KRYA

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

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