KT88 · Colorado City Airport

COLORADO CITY, TEXAS · SMALL AIRPORT

2,214

Elevation ft

Runway

5,420

Longest ft · 17/35

32.47N

100.92W

Colorado City Airport serves Colorado City, Texas at 2,214 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 5,420 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.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	5,420 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,214 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)	2,214 ft	2,870 ft	2,344 ft	3,515 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,414 ft	3,104 ft	2,470 ft	3,705 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,614 ft	3,338 ft	2,597 ft	3,895 ft
35°C afternoon	5,145 ft	3,441 ft	2,653 ft	3,979 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 5,420 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,979 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 KT88 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSNK Winston Field	13 nm N	5,599 ft
KSWW Avenger Field	23 nm E	5,840 ft
KBPG Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport	34 nm SW	8,803 ft
KLUV Lamesa Municipal Airport	53 nm W	5,002 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KT88

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KT88, 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 KT88 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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