Boundary County
65S · Bonners Ferry, Idaho · Boundary County · map
Boundary County is a public-use airport owned by Boundary County, 2 miles northeast of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2,337 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 65S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Boundary County
- Elevation
- 2,337 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1948
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: fence 7 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Lakeside and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.95 | |
| 65S AWOS-3PT | 132.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 208-267-3995.
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 Bonners Ferry from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Bonners Ferry, Idaho: 37 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 drones. 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -6C.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency; PAPI runway 02 operates continuously.
- +85 feet trees at 800 feet 375 feet L.
- +85 feet trees at 1200 feet 300 feet L; +75 feet trees at 1600 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.