Kamiah Municipal
S73 · Kamiah, Idaho · Idaho County · map
Kamiah Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kamiah, 1 mile southeast of Kamiah, Idaho, 1,206 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,000 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 12 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S73
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kamiah
- Elevation
- 1,206 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,000 × 90 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 14: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 30 ft high 175 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Kamiah from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Kamiah, Idaho: 12 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 6 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 5/15/59.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights bgn 500 feet from each approach end - 500 feet unlighted dthr at both runway ends.
- Yellow/black panel markers on runway 32 threshold fence.
- Numerous obstructions on both runway approaches; downdrafts prevalent over river on runway 32 approach.
- Canadian geese on and in the vicinity of airport. Deer may be prsnt on runway at night.
- Not recommended transient pilots land aft dark WO first bcmg fam with airport due to HI trrn.5 MI from runway.
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.
