Challis Airport
LLJ · KLLJ · Challis, Idaho · Custer County · map
Challis Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Challis, 1 mile northeast of Challis, Idaho, 5,076 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,601 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A) and about 17 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,350 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Challis Airport?
Its FAA code is LLJ, and its ICAO code is KLLJ.
Where is Challis Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Challis, Idaho, 5,076 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Challis Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,601 feet long, asphalt.
Does Challis Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Challis Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Challis Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Challis Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LLJ · ICAO KLLJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Challis
- Elevation
- 5,076 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,601 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: power line 40 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Llj and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Salmon and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 208-844-2785.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lemhi County (39 nm north).
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Be alert helicopter operations adjacent southeast end of airport.
- Runway 17 PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right and left of centerline: runway 17 PAPI unusable beyond 2.5 NM from threshold due to trrn.
- Automated weather (ASOS) weather stn on airport.
- Airport located in high mtn valley.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 recommend land runway 17; takeoff runway 35 when wind conditions permit.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 14 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,350, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,500 |
| general aviation, local | 2,200 |
| military | 150 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 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 · 2 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 2 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 6 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/LLJ.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 28, 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.