KS25 · Watford City Municipal Airport

WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

2,111

Elevation ft

Runway

6,550

Longest ft · 12/30

47.80N

103.25W

Watford City Municipal Airport serves Watford City, North Dakota at 2,111 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 6,550 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
12/30	6,550 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,111 ft is about 11°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, 11°C)	2,111 ft	2,850 ft	2,333 ft	3,499 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,311 ft	3,084 ft	2,459 ft	3,689 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,511 ft	3,318 ft	2,586 ft	3,879 ft
35°C afternoon	5,018 ft	3,417 ft	2,639 ft	3,959 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 6,550 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,959 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 KS25 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KXWA Williston Basin International Airport	34 nm NW	7,503 ft
D60 Tioga Municipal Airport	38 nm N	5,102 ft
KSDY Sidney - Richland Regional Airport	38 nm W	5,705 ft
KDIK Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport	63 nm S	7,301 ft
KGDV Dawson Community Airport	74 nm SW	5,704 ft
KMOT Minot International Airport	84 nm E	7,700 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KS25

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KS25, 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 KS25 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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