KTPH · Tonopah Airport

TONOPAH, NEVADA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

5,430

Elevation ft

Runways

7,160

Longest ft · 15/33

38.06N

117.09W

Tonopah Airport serves Tonopah, Nevada at 5,430 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 7,160 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

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
15/33	7,160 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
11/29	5,660 × 50 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 5,430 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)	5,430 ft	3,497 ft	2,683 ft	4,024 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	6,630 ft	3,731 ft	2,809 ft	4,214 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	7,830 ft	3,965 ft	2,936 ft	4,404 ft
35°C afternoon	9,133 ft	4,219 ft	3,074 ft	4,610 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 7,160 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,610 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 KTPH is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBIH Eastern Sierra Regional Airport	73 nm SW	7,498 ft
KBTY Beatty Airport	73 nm S	5,615 ft
KHTH Hawthorne Industrial Airport	78 nm W	6,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KTPH

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

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