KSVC · Grant County Airport

SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

5,446

Elevation ft

Runways

6,803

Longest ft · 08/26

32.64N

108.15W

Grant County Airport serves Silver City, New Mexico at 5,446 ft elevation with its longest runway, 08/26, at 6,803 by 100 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
08/26	6,803 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
17/35	5,473 × 75 ft	graded earth	unlit
12/30	4,675 × 75 ft	graded earth	unlit
03/21	4,537 × 80 ft	graded earth	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,446 ft is about 4°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, 4°C)	5,446 ft	3,500 ft	2,685 ft	4,027 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	6,646 ft	3,734 ft	2,811 ft	4,217 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	7,846 ft	3,968 ft	2,938 ft	4,407 ft
35°C afternoon	9,153 ft	4,223 ft	3,076 ft	4,613 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (08/26, 6,803 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,613 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 KSVC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K94E Whiskey Creek Airport	8 nm N	5,400 ft
KDMN Deming Municipal Airport	31 nm SE	8,018 ft
KLSB Lordsburg Municipal Airport	33 nm SW	5,224 ft
KTCS Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport	57 nm NE	7,202 ft
KLRU Las Cruces International Airport	66 nm E	7,506 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KSVC

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

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