Copper Basin Airport
0U2 · Mackay, Idaho · Custer County · map
Copper Basin Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id - Itd/Div Aero, 12 miles southwest of Mackay, Idaho, 7,920 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,700 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0U2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id - Itd/Div Aero
- Elevation
- 7,920 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1956
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,700 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 13: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Mackay from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Mackay, Idaho: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 12/31/58.
- No winter maintenance.
- 13/31 edges and thlds marked with white rocks.
- Runway 13 addnl obstructions +5 feet fence at thld 105 feet R; +5 feet fence 60 feet from thld on centerline; +5 feet fence 20 feet from thld 50 feet R.
- Note: density altitude may exceed 10000' durg summer.
- Airport located in high mtn valley surrounded by high mtns.
- Livestock and wildlife may be on and in the vicinity of airport.
- -1 feet ditch adjacent to edges of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.