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) and about 81 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 19,025 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Boundary County?
Its FAA code is 65S.
Where is Boundary County?
It is 2 miles northeast of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2,337 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Boundary County?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Boundary County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Boundary County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Boundary County?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Boundary County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sandpoint Airport (28 nm south), Libby Airport (42 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Idaho · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 71 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,025, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 600 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,500 |
| general aviation, local | 5,800 |
| military | 125 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives.
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bonners Ferry 41 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 drones
- Northern Air INC 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Idaho 1,535 since 1982 · 288 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Idaho 129 landing places
- Idaho 4,200 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/65S.json.
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 27, 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.