KSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY · LARGE AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

501

Elevation ft

Runways

11,887

Longest ft · 17R/35L

38.17N

85.74W

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport serves Louisville, Kentucky at 501 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17R/35L, at 11,887 by 150 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
17R/35L	11,887 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
17L/35R	8,578 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
11/29	7,251 × 150 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 501 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	501 ft	2,536 ft	2,163 ft	3,244 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,701 ft	2,770 ft	2,289 ft	3,434 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,901 ft	3,004 ft	2,416 ft	3,624 ft
35°C afternoon	3,021 ft	3,027 ft	2,429 ft	3,643 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17R/35L, 11,887 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,643 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 KSDF is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KJVY Clark Regional Airport	12 nm N	7,000 ft
KBRY Samuels Field	24 nm SE	5,003 ft
KEKX Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport	30 nm S	6,001 ft
KIMS Madison Regional Airport	38 nm N	5,000 ft
KFFT Capital City Airport	39 nm E	5,006 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KSDF

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

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