KW22 · Upshur County Regional Airport

BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,635

Elevation ft

Runway

4,201

Longest ft · 11/29

39.00N

80.27W

Upshur County Regional Airport serves Buckhannon, West Virginia at 1,635 ft elevation with its longest runway, 11/29, at 4,201 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
11/29	4,201 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,635 ft is about 12°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, 12°C)	1,635 ft	2,757 ft	2,282 ft	3,424 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,835 ft	2,991 ft	2,409 ft	3,614 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	4,035 ft	3,225 ft	2,536 ft	3,804 ft
35°C afternoon	4,427 ft	3,301 ft	2,577 ft	3,866 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (11/29, 4,201 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,866 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 KW22 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KCKB North Central West Virginia Airport	18 nm N	7,800 ft
KMGW Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field	42 nm NE	5,199 ft
W99 Grant County Airport	53 nm E	5,000 ft
K2G4 Garrett County Airport	56 nm NE	5,000 ft
KPKB Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport	58 nm W	7,240 ft
KHSP Ingalls Field	66 nm S	5,600 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KW22

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KW22, 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 KW22 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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