U55 · Panguitch Municipal Airport

PANGUITCH, UTAH · SMALL AIRPORT

6,763

Elevation ft

Runway

5,700

Longest ft · 18/36

37.85N

112.39W

Panguitch Municipal Airport serves Panguitch, Utah at 6,763 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 5,700 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
18/36	5,700 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 6,763 ft is about 1°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, 1°C)	6,763 ft	3,757 ft	2,823 ft	4,235 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	7,963 ft	3,991 ft	2,950 ft	4,425 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	9,163 ft	4,225 ft	3,077 ft	4,615 ft
35°C afternoon	10,786 ft	4,542 ft	3,248 ft	4,872 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 5,700 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,872 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 U55 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBCE Bryce Canyon Airport	14 nm SE	7,395 ft
K1L9 Parowan Airport	20 nm W	5,000 ft
KCDC Cedar City Regional Airport	35 nm W	8,653 ft
K1L7 Escalante Municipal Airport	39 nm E	5,032 ft
KMLF Milford Municipal-Ben and Judy Briscoe Field	46 nm NW	5,004 ft
K38U Wayne Wonderland Airport	49 nm NE	5,693 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at U55

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at U55, 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 U55 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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