KTQE · Tekamah Municipal Airport

TEKAMAH, NEBRASKA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,027

Elevation ft

Runway

4,000

Longest ft · 15/33

41.76N

96.18W

Tekamah Municipal Airport serves Tekamah, Nebraska at 1,027 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 4,000 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	4,000 × 75 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,027 ft is about 13°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, 13°C)	1,027 ft	2,638 ft	2,218 ft	3,328 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,227 ft	2,872 ft	2,345 ft	3,517 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,427 ft	3,106 ft	2,472 ft	3,707 ft
35°C afternoon	3,673 ft	3,154 ft	2,498 ft	3,746 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 4,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,746 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 KTQE is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KOMA Eppley Airfield	30 nm SE	9,502 ft
KCBF Council Bluffs Municipal Airport	36 nm SE	5,500 ft
KDNS Denison Municipal Airport	38 nm E	5,000 ft
KSUX Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field	39 nm N	9,002 ft
KPMV Plattsmouth Municipal Airport	50 nm S	5,500 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KTQE

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

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