Wilson Bar Usfs Airport
C48 · Dixie, Idaho · Idaho County · map
Wilson Bar Usfs Airport is a public-use airport owned by Nez Perce National Forest, 8 miles south of Dixie, Idaho, 2,275 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 1,500 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C48
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Nez Perce National Forest
- Elevation
- 2,275 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1996
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,500 × 50 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 06: trees 80 ft high 80 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 90 ft high 5 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Dixie from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Dixie, Idaho: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 2 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
- Provided VFR operations.
- Downdrafts ovr river pvlt on approach to runway 24.
- Thld marked with white painted rocks/boundary mkrs (bms).
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Big game animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
- No winter maintenance.
- Land runway 24 - depart runway 06 - no go around possible.
- Recommend for use by mountain proficient pilots using high performance aircraft.
- Mackay Bar private airport 2 miles downriver.
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.