US-0885 · Gove County Airport

QUINTER, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

2,637

Elevation ft

Runway

4,000

Longest ft · 17/35

39.04N

100.23W

Gove County Airport serves Quinter, Kansas at 2,637 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,000 by 60 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
17/35	4,000 × 60 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,637 ft is about 10°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, 10°C)	2,637 ft	2,952 ft	2,388 ft	3,582 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	3,837 ft	3,186 ft	2,515 ft	3,772 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,037 ft	3,420 ft	2,641 ft	3,962 ft
35°C afternoon	5,670 ft	3,544 ft	2,708 ft	4,062 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,000 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (4,062 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 US-0885 is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KOEL Oakley Municipal Airport	27 nm W	5,000 ft
KHLC Hill City Municipal Airport	28 nm NE	5,001 ft
KCBK Shalz Field	44 nm NW	5,110 ft
KTQK Scott City Municipal Airport	46 nm SW	5,002 ft
KHYS Hays Regional Airport	46 nm E	6,501 ft
KRCP Rooks County Regional Airport	47 nm NE	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at US-0885

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at US-0885, 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 US-0885 or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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