Priest River Airport
1S6 · Priest River, Idaho · Bonner County · map
Priest River Airport is a public-use airport owned by Bonner County, 1 mile north of Priest River, Idaho, 2,193 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,983 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1S6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Bonner County
- Elevation
- 2,193 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,983 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: tree 85 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
- Runway 20: trees 100 ft high 650 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights - the common traffic frequency. |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Priest River from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Priest River, Idaho: 19 piston singles, 9 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 3 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 59.
- Night operations recommended lnd runway 02; departure runway 20.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Tiedown chains removed drg winter.
- Ireg winter maintenance.
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.