KTEL · Perry County Municipal Airport

TELL CITY, INDIANA · SMALL AIRPORT
660
Elevation ft
1
Runway
4,400
Longest ft · 13/31
38.02N
86.69W

Perry County Municipal Airport serves Tell City, Indiana at 660 ft elevation with its longest runway, 13/31, at 4,400 by 75 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

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLighting
13/314,400 × 75 ftasphaltlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 660 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.

ConditionsDensity altitudeTakeoff est.Landing est.Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)660 ft2,567 ft2,180 ft3,269 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)1,860 ft2,801 ft2,306 ft3,459 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)3,060 ft3,035 ft2,433 ft3,649 ft
35°C afternoon3,218 ft3,066 ft2,449 ft3,674 ft
Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (13/31, 4,400 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,674 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 KTEL is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

AirportDistanceLongest runway
KHNB
Huntingburg Airport
19 nm NW5,501 ft
KOWB
Owensboro Daviess County Airport
28 nm SW8,000 ft
KFRH
French Lick Municipal Airport
29 nm N5,500 ft
KJQD
Ohio County Airport
34 nm S5,003 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KTEL

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

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