Jack A Buell Airport
S72 · St Maries, Idaho · Benewah County · map
Jack A Buell Airport is a public-use airport owned by Benewah County, 1 mile northwest of St Maries, Idaho, 2,131 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,354 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S72
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Benewah County
- Elevation
- 2,131 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,354 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern, road 35 ft high 825 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 45 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in St Maries from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in St Maries, Idaho: 12 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 59.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- First 715 feet runway 10 not lighted.
- Non-standard displaced thld marking yellow chevrons.
- Displaced for 35 feet road at 0 feet; 30 feet right; 23:1 from displaced thld.
- Addnl obstructions +50' power line at 2000', on centerline +4' fence at 275' on centerline, +1000' ridge at 1 1/2 miles, on centerline.
- Runway 28 has 200 feet stopway.
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.