PATK · Talkeetna Airport

TALKEETNA, ALASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

358

Elevation ft

Runway

3,500

Longest ft · 1/19

62.32N

150.09W

Talkeetna Airport serves Talkeetna, Alaska at 358 ft elevation with its longest runway, 1/19, at 3,500 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
1/19	3,500 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 358 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)	358 ft	2,508 ft	2,148 ft	3,222 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,558 ft	2,742 ft	2,274 ft	3,412 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,758 ft	2,976 ft	2,401 ft	3,601 ft
35°C afternoon	2,844 ft	2,993 ft	2,410 ft	3,615 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (1/19, 3,500 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (3,615 ft). Plan hot-day departures for the morning and check the POH. 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 PATK is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
PAAQ Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport	52 nm SE	6,006 ft
PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	69 nm S	12,400 ft
PAEN Kenai Municipal Airport	110 nm S	7,855 ft
PASX Soldotna Airport	114 nm S	5,001 ft
PAGK Gulkana Airport	130 nm E	5,001 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at PATK

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

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