Lower Loon Creek Airport
C53 · Challis, Idaho · Lemhi County · map
Lower Loon Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by Idaho Dept of Fish and Game, 30 miles southwest of Challis, Idaho, 4,200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,200 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C53
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Idaho Dept of Fish and Game
- Elevation
- 4,200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,200 × 25 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 16: tree 50 ft high 160 ft from the end
- Runway 34: brush 40 ft high 50 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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 Challis from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Challis, Idaho: 10 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 2 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
- Provided VFR operations.
- Airport located on a plateau 50 feet to 75 feet above the river.
- 1 set of tie downs
- Runway surface in fair condition with small undulations.
- Runway marked with rock bndry mkrs at runway 16 eor.
- Recommend land runway 16; depart runway 34 when wind conditions allow.
- No winter maintenance.
- Stock and big game animals in the vicinity of runway.
- Rodent activity adjacent both sides of runway.
- Located in narrow winding river canyon.
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.