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.
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
- 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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).
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.