Tanglefoot
D28 · Cavanaugh Bay, Idaho · Bonner County · map
Tanglefoot is a public-use airfield owned by Tanglefoot LTD, 1 mile northwest of Cavanaugh Bay, Idaho, 2,438 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA D28
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Tanglefoot LTD
- Elevation
- 2,438 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, dawn to dusk
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1994
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15W/33W | 10,000 × 2,000 ft | Water |
- Runway 15W: right-hand traffic pattern
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 Cavanaugh Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cavanaugh Bay, ID as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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 aircraft operating at Tanglefoot spb monitor 122.9 and announce intentions and establish traffic patterns that coincide with Cavanaugh Bay airport pattern.
- Tie downs available at floating docks; addnl pkng available on beach.
- Recommend landing seaplane runway 15; departure seaplane runway 33- when winds permit.
- Cavanaugh Bay airport lcd adjacent south. Look out for traffic and annc intns on the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 15/33 +5' no wake buoy located in landing aera
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.