KX51 · Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport

HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

Elevation ft

Runways

4,000

Longest ft · 18/36

25.50N

80.55W

Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport serves Homestead, Florida at 7 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 4,000 by 100 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
18/36	4,000 × 100 ft	asphalt (good)	lit
10/28	3,000 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 7 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)	7 ft	2,439 ft	2,111 ft	3,166 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,207 ft	2,673 ft	2,237 ft	3,356 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,407 ft	2,907 ft	2,364 ft	3,546 ft
35°C afternoon	2,409 ft	2,908 ft	2,364 ft	3,546 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 4,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,546 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 KX51 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KTMB Miami Executive Airport	11 nm NE	6,000 ft
KMIA Miami International Airport	23 nm NE	13,016 ft
KTNT Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport	29 nm NW	10,499 ft
KOPF Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport	29 nm NE	8,002 ft
KFLL Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport	41 nm NE	9,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KX51

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KX51, 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 KX51 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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