Idaho Falls Regional
IDA · KIDA · Idaho Falls, Idaho · Bonneville County · map
Idaho Falls Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Idaho Falls, 2 miles northwest of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 4,744 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 9,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KIDA · observed 12:53 pm MDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.23 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIDA 061853Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 23/02 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02280017
TAF KIDA 061720Z 0618/0718 22009KT P6SM FEW200 FM070200 VRB06KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IDA · ICAO KIDA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Idaho Falls
- Elevation
- 4,744 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:30 am to 9:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 9,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,964 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, ant 23 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Idaho Falls |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.325 | Idaho Falls |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | Idaho Falls |
| Tower (secondary) | 109.0 | Idaho Falls |
| Idaho Falls Rco | 122.4 | Idaho Falls |
| Ashton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.35 | Idaho Falls |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 208-524-4553.
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 Idaho Falls from the FAA register
147 aircraft are registered to owners in Idaho Falls, Idaho: 107 piston singles, 10 business jets, 7 turboprops, 7 drones, 6 piston twins. 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 · 30 since 1982, 3 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
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 21; runway end identifier lights runway 03; PAPI runway 03; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI 17 and 35 out of service except when the control tower available.
- Pattern altitude 1500 above ground level (MULTI-ENG/TURBOJET aircraft), 1000 above ground level (sgl eng aircraft), 500 above ground level (rotorcraft).
- Airport director
- Closed nightly 8:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Flocks of birds and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport all year.
- Extensive agricultural operations in the vicinity of of airport.
- Aircraft operations be alert for possible incursions; no line of sight between runways.
- Surface conditions unmonitored 11:00 pm to 5:30 am.
- Runway 21 and runway 17 approach ends in close proximity. Wrong runway departure/arrival risk. Chk runway alnmt. Intersecting flight paths for runways 21 and 17, and runways 03 and 35.
- Self service fuel east of taxiway bravo available 24 hours.
- All commercial aircraft advise prior to pushback.
- Ida service gnd com outlet cmsnd key frequency 121.725: 2 times fuel dlvy; 4 times slc the air route traffic control center; 6 times boi Flight Service; 8 times 911 dispatch service when tower closed.
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.