40 Acre Airstrip Airport
ID52 · Salmon, Idaho · Lemhi County · map
40 Acre Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by James C Mateski Revocable Trust, 4 miles ese of Salmon, Idaho, 4,303 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ID52
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- James C Mateski Revocable Trust
- Elevation
- 4,303 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
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2019
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Lemhi County (4 nm southwest), Challis Airport (42 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lemhi County (4 nm southwest), Challis Airport (42 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Salmon from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Salmon, Idaho: 32 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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.
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 Salmon:
- Gem Air, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate Gem Air is an Idaho-based air service operating from Salmon since the early 1980s.
- Central Idaho Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Salmon:
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Salmon 47 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 6 piston twins
- Spirit Air INC 11 aircraft in town
- 1928 LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Dahle Construction LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gem Air, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Central Idaho Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Lenny'S Airmotive INC · repair station
- 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 4,199 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ID52.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 November 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.