KSUS · Spirit of St Louis Airport

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI · MEDIUM AIRPORT

463

Elevation ft

Runways

7,486

Longest ft · 08R/26L

38.66N

90.65W

Spirit of St Louis Airport serves St Louis, Missouri at 463 ft elevation with its longest runway, 08R/26L, at 7,486 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
08R/26L	7,486 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
08L/26R	5,000 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 463 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)	463 ft	2,528 ft	2,159 ft	3,238 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,663 ft	2,762 ft	2,285 ft	3,428 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,863 ft	2,996 ft	2,412 ft	3,618 ft
35°C afternoon	2,974 ft	3,018 ft	2,424 ft	3,636 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (08R/26L, 7,486 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,636 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 KSUS is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport	14 nm E	11,020 ft
KFYG Washington Regional Airport	17 nm W	5,002 ft
KCPS St Louis Downtown Airport	24 nm E	7,002 ft
KALN St Louis Regional Airport	32 nm NE	8,099 ft
KPCD Perryville Regional Airport	60 nm SE	6,483 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KSUS

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

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