L08 · Borrego Valley Airport

BORREGO SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

520

Elevation ft

Runway

5,011

Longest ft · 08/26

33.26N

116.32W

Borrego Valley Airport serves Borrego Springs, California at 520 ft elevation with its longest runway, 08/26, at 5,011 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
08/26	5,011 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 520 ft is about 14°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, 14°C)	520 ft	2,539 ft	2,165 ft	3,247 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,720 ft	2,773 ft	2,291 ft	3,437 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,920 ft	3,008 ft	2,418 ft	3,627 ft
35°C afternoon	3,045 ft	3,032 ft	2,431 ft	3,647 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (08/26, 5,011 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,647 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 L08 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KTRM Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport	24 nm N	8,500 ft
KUDD Bermuda Dunes Airport	29 nm N	5,002 ft
KRNM Ramona Airport	33 nm SW	5,001 ft
KPSP Palm Springs International Airport	36 nm N	10,000 ft
KSEE Gillespie Field	42 nm SW	5,342 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at L08

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at L08, 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 L08 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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