Hoodoo Meadows Airport
4D2 · Salmon, Idaho · Lemhi County · map
Hoodoo Meadows Airport is a public-use airport owned by Salmon Challis National Forest, 30 miles west of Salmon, Idaho, 8,262 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,200 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4D2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Salmon Challis National Forest
- Elevation
- 8,262 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2023
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,200 × 150 ft | Gravel |
- Runway 03: trees 30 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 55 ft high 35 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Salmon from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Salmon, Idaho: 32 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Required use only by MT proficient pilots.
- Actual runway dimensions are: 1900 feet an X 55 feet.
- Ctlg obstruction is a patch of trees 30 feet tall at 20 feet, 80 feet left and trees 55 feet tall at 35 feet, 60 feet left.
- Dirt and gravel
- CK aircraft per for high density altitude (DA).
- No winter maintenance.
- Required land runway 3 and takeoff runway 21 if weather conditions allow.
- Be aware of soft spot lctg just past the MID-FLD, right side of runway 3, and stumps lct at both runway ends.
- Airfield located in high MT valley and srndd by timbered, high MT peaks. This is the highest elev backcountry airfield in Idaho - 8250 feet above sea level.
- Overfly the airfield fst and ensure no wildlife is on the runway.
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.