Eckhart International
1S1 · Porthill, Idaho · Boundary County · map
Eckhart International is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id, Itd Div Aero in Porthill, Idaho, 1,758 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,650 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1S1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id, Itd Div Aero
- Elevation
- 1,758 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,650 × 175 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15: trees 75 ft high 675 ft from the end
- Runway 33: road 16 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Porthill from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Porthill, Idaho: 2 piston singles. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- No winter maintenance.
- 1/2 segmented circle.
- Recommended land runway 33; takeoff runway 15 when wind condition permits.
- 15/33 edges and thresholds marked with white rocks.
- Nmrs obstructions in approach to runway 15: 50 feet - 75 feet + trees at 675 feet on centerline; 40 feet pwr line at 1200 feet on centerline.
- Aircraft parking ltd to two hours in customs terminal area; longer term parking available to the west of runway end 15 - between asphalt taxiway and ANHEUSER-BUSCH plant.
- Runway 15 do not use asphalt taxiway ptn for takeoff.
- +25' hop poles located adjacent to both sides of runway.
- (E84) non standard - semi circle.
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.