Johnson Creek Airport
3U2 · Yellow Pine, Idaho · Valley County · map
Johnson Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id/Itd-Div of Aeronautics, 3 miles south of Yellow Pine, Idaho, 4,960 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,400 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3U2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id/Itd-Div of Aeronautics
- Elevation
- 4,960 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to August, Thursday to Monday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,400 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: trees 45 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 25 ft high 30 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Yellow Pine from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Yellow Pine, ID as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 5 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
- Established prior to oct 1959.
- Addnl 100 feet of length available for takeoff on runway 35 end.
- 1/2 segmented circle.
- Caretaker in attendance durg summer months.
- 17/35 edges and thresholds marked with white rock boundary markers.
- Rising trrn and numerous 60 FT-80 feet trees are present in all quadrants of the airport.
- Rising trrn and numerous 60 feet - 80 feet trees are present in all quadrants of the airport.
- 45 feet trees at 50 feet, 85FT left.
- No winter maintenance.
- Numerous +60' trees adjacent to each side of runway.
- Be alert for sprinklers on runway.
- Recommend land runway 17; takeoff runway 35 when wind conditions allow.
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.