Indian Creek Usfs Airport
S81 · Indian Creek, Idaho · Valley County · map
Indian Creek Usfs Airport is a public-use airport in Indian Creek, Idaho, 4,718 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 4,650 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S81
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 4,718 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,650 × 40 ft | Dirt, good |
- Runway 04: tree 130 ft high 25 ft from the end
- Runway 22: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Indian Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Indian Creek, ID as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- 30 feet usable width, runway edge mkrs are 60 feet apart.
- Has +12 feet fence and trrn 0 feet 60 feet left; nmrs trees to 100 feet on left half of approach; +70 feet trees 600 feet on centerline.
- 390 feet swy dist passed the bdry mkrs. Right half of approach blocked by 200 feet timbered ridge 2000 feet on centerline.
- Runway 04/22 edges and thresholds marked with west rocks; edge mkrs are 60 feet apart.
- Srndd by 40 - 70 feet tall trees in close proximity to the bdry mkrs.
- Rqrs a bit of a left turn/dog leg on final approach due to 70 - 100 feet tall trees close to the centerline of runway.
- Be advised Usfs recmds: when depg up or down stream remain in main canyon. Do not atmt to clb out side canyons.
- Traffic obsnc vcy of pistol Creek airport located 2.5 miles upstream.
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.