KUTA · Tunica Municipal Airport

TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI · SMALL AIRPORT

194

Elevation ft

Runway

8,500

Longest ft · 17/35

34.69N

90.35W

Tunica Municipal Airport serves Tunica, Mississippi at 194 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 8,500 by 150 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	8,500 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 194 ft is about 15°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, 15°C)	194 ft	2,476 ft	2,130 ft	3,196 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,394 ft	2,710 ft	2,257 ft	3,386 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,594 ft	2,944 ft	2,384 ft	3,576 ft
35°C afternoon	2,641 ft	2,953 ft	2,389 ft	3,583 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 8,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,583 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 KUTA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KHEE Thompson-Robbins Airport	17 nm W	5,001 ft
KCKM Fletcher Field	25 nm S	5,404 ft
KAWM West Memphis Municipal Airport	28 nm N	6,003 ft
KMEM Frederick W. Smith International Airport	28 nm NE	11,120 ft
KPMU Panola County Airport	30 nm SE	5,001 ft
KOLV Olive Branch Airport	33 nm NE	6,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KUTA

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

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