Murphy Airport
1U3 · Murphy, Idaho · Owyhee County · map
Murphy Airport is a public-use airport owned by Owyhee County in Murphy, Idaho, 2,855 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,500 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1U3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Owyhee County
- Elevation
- 2,855 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
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1956
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,500 × 45 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 12: road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Murphy from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Murphy, 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 · 4 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
- Existed prior to 4/2/59.
- Numerous signs to +12' on both sides of highway adjacent to runway.
- Recommended land runway 12 takeoff runway 30 when wind condition permits.
- +3 feet fence 20 feet from runway end 60 feet L; +10 feet road 0' from runway end 100 feet R; +6 feet sign at 20 feet 80 feet R.
- +17 feet road 0 feet from runway end 100 feet L; +10 feet road at 50 feet on centerline.
- Runway nrs faded and dfclt to see from the air.
- Runway nrs faded and dfclt to see from the air.
- Runway end 12 has a 10 feet pvt dirt road going WI the pri surface area.
- Runway end 30 has 10 feet pvt dirt road going WI the pri surface area.
- Runway 30 has 40 feet power line and rising trrn at 1670 feet on centerline.
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.