KT45 · Panhandle Carson County Airport

PANHANDLE, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

3,454

Elevation ft

Runway

4,404

Longest ft · 17/35

35.36N

101.36W

Panhandle Carson County Airport serves Panhandle, Texas at 3,454 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,404 by 60 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.

Open KT45 in JetDesk: live METAR, TAF, winds and runway verdict →

01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	4,404 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,454 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.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 8°C)	3,454 ft	3,112 ft	2,474 ft	3,712 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	4,654 ft	3,346 ft	2,601 ft	3,901 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,854 ft	3,580 ft	2,728 ft	4,091 ft
35°C afternoon	6,683 ft	3,741 ft	2,815 ft	4,223 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,404 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,223 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 KT45 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KAMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport	19 nm SW	13,502 ft
KBGD Hutchinson County Airport	20 nm N	6,299 ft
KPPA Perry Lefors Field	24 nm NE	5,862 ft
KTDW Tradewind Airport	25 nm SW	5,098 ft
KDUX Moore County Airport	43 nm NW	6,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KT45

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KT45, 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 KT45 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

All Texas airports · Airport directory · Open JetDesk