Cougar Ranch Airport
D47 · Challis, Idaho · Custer County · map
Cougar Ranch Airport is a public-use airport owned by Id Dept of Fish and Game, 33 miles northwest of Challis, Idaho, 4,277 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,400 feet of dirt.
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What is the airport code for Cougar Ranch Airport?
Its FAA code is D47.
Where is Cougar Ranch Airport?
It is 33 miles northwest of Challis, Idaho, 4,277 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cougar Ranch Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,400 feet long, dirt.
Does Cougar Ranch Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cougar Ranch Airport?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA D47
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Id Dept of Fish and Game
- Elevation
- 4,277 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2019
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 1,400 × 20 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 02: other 6 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 20: tree 65 ft high 550 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Challis Airport (33 nm southeast), Cascade Airport (49 nm west), Lemhi County (50 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Challis Airport (33 nm southeast), Cascade Airport (49 nm west), Lemhi County (50 nm northeast).
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
- NON-STD segmented crc.
- Runway end has 150 feet ovrn from bdry mkrs and trmts with abrupt 125 feet drop off down to river.
- Runway 02/20 threshold edges marked with west rock bndry mkrs.
- Runway 02 ctlg obstruction is 6 feet 4 an X 4 in wood post at 20 feet and 15 R.
- Runway 20 be aware of rising trrnn to the north - a +200 feet ridge LN at 2250 feet on centerline.
- Runway 02/20 has a fair surface condition, it is very shrt (1400 feet) and the last 200 feet(runway end 02) has a dog leg twd the river.
- No wint maintenance.
- Recommended for use only by experienced pilots. Early mrng and late eve operations durg summer months.
- Recommended landing runway 20 and takeoff runway 02 if wind conditions allow.
- Be aware of inbd and obnd traffic to the west at neighboring mahoney creek usfs airport (0U3).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Challis:
- Middle Fork Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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: 3 aviation medical examiners.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Challis 11 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Middle Fork Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Middle Fork Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 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/D47.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.