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Big Island Airport

ID29 · Orofino, Idaho · Clearwater County · map

Big Island Airport is a private airport owned by the State of Idaho/Mary Lou Deyo, 18 miles northeast of Orofino, Idaho, 2,249 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,600 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA ID29
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: State of Idaho/Mary Lou Deyo
Elevation: 2,249 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Great Falls sectional
Magnetic variation: 18E
In the FAA's files since: May 1980

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
01/19	2,600 × 150 ft	Grass

Runway 01: trees 200 ft high 20 ft from the end
Runway 19: trees 150 ft high 300 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Orofino from the FAA register

9 aircraft are registered to owners in Orofino, Idaho: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. 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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Orofino Municipal S68 · 17 nm southwest Kamiah Municipal S73 · 29 nm south Nezperce Municipal 0S5 · 30 nm south Cptpa Headquarters Airport ID84 · 9 nm southeast · private Elk River Airport ID85 · 9 nm northwest · private Stocking Meadows Airport ID33 · 15 nm north · private Clearwater Valley Hospital Heliport ID66 · 17 nm southwest · private Dworshak Heliport ID46 · 17 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Monitor 122.9 vhf.
Ctn; deer/elk/horses and cattle on runway.
Monitor 122.9 vhf
Closed winters.
Approach HAZARDOUS--LAND north; takeoff south.
(A52-1) trees 50' to 500' from runway both sides.

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.