KUWL · New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport

NEW CASTLE, INDIANA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,088

Elevation ft

Runway

4,002

Longest ft · 09/27

39.88N

85.33W

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport serves New Castle, Indiana at 1,088 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 4,002 by 65 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
09/27	4,002 × 65 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,088 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)	1,088 ft	2,650 ft	2,225 ft	3,337 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,288 ft	2,884 ft	2,351 ft	3,527 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,488 ft	3,118 ft	2,478 ft	3,717 ft
35°C afternoon	3,749 ft	3,169 ft	2,506 ft	3,758 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 4,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,758 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 KUWL is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KCEV Mettel Field	14 nm SE	6,503 ft
KAID Anderson Municipal Darlington Field	19 nm NW	5,400 ft
KMIE Delaware County Johnson Field	22 nm N	6,500 ft
KRID Richmond Municipal Airport	23 nm E	5,502 ft
KMQJ Indianapolis Regional Airport	26 nm W	6,005 ft
KGEZ Shelbyville Municipal Airport	28 nm SW	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KUWL

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

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