Weatherby Usfs Airport
52U · Atlanta, Idaho · Elmore County · map
Weatherby Usfs Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Forest Service, 9 miles northwest of Atlanta, Idaho, 4,503 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,200 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 52U
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service
- Elevation
- 4,503 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,200 × 60 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 03: tree on the approach
- Runway 21: tree 80 ft high 20 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 Atlanta from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Atlanta, ID as the owner's town.
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
- Establd prior to 1958.
- Recommend landing runway 03; takeoff runway 21 when wind conditions allow.
- Runway 03/21 thresholds and edges marked with painted rocks.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp - 40 feet tree at O feet, 60 feet left. Close to left bdry mkr runway 03 end.
- +60 feet trees in approach 80-125 feet L and 100-500 feet from end of runway; +18 feet road at 0 feet 105 feet L.
- 30 feet trees at 50 feet 80 feet left; 15 feet road 0 feet 120 feet right; 40 feet trees at 350 on centerline; 30 feet trees at 250 feet 50 feet right; 1000 feet timbered ridge at 3500 feet on centerline.
- Airport located in nrw river canyon subject to local turbulence caused by the trrn confign.
- No winter maintenance.
- -2' ditches parallel to both sides of 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.