Smith Prairie Airport
2U0 · Prairie, Idaho · Elmore County · map
Smith Prairie Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id-Itd/Div of Aeronautics, 2 miles southeast of Prairie, Idaho, 4,958 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,400 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2U0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id-Itd/Div of Aeronautics
- Elevation
- 4,958 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
- February 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,400 × 150 ft | Grass and dirt, good |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
- Runway 24: building 12 ft high 75 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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 Prairie from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Prairie, ID as the owner's town.
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- Runway 6 right traffic and runway 24 left traffic to avoid ovr flight of city.
- 06/24 edges and thresholds marked with white rocks.
- Ctlg obstruction is a 4 feet barb wire fence at 0 feet, 170 feet RT.
- Recommended land runway 06; takeoff runway 24 when wind condition permits.
- No fone available at airport.
- Runway 24 - RT side of runway centerline has 1200 feet an X 25 feet practice area marked by ingorund, white rock mkrs - intended for practice before venturing out into more challenging backcountry airstrips.
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.