Elk City Airport
S90 · Elk City, Idaho · Idaho County · map
Elk City Airport is a public-use airport owned by Elk City Area Alliance in Elk City, Idaho, 4,097 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/35, is 2,600 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Elk City Airport?
Its FAA code is S90.
Where is Elk City Airport?
It is in Elk City, Idaho, 4,097 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Elk City Airport?
Its one runway, 14/35, is 2,600 feet long, grass.
Does Elk City Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Elk City 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 Elk City Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S90
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Elk City Area Alliance
- Elevation
- 4,097 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/35 | 2,600 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 14: trees on the approach
- Runway 35: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Idaho County (29 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Idaho County (29 nm west), Kamiah Municipal (34 nm northwest).
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
- Land runway 14 takeoff runway 35 when wind conditions allow.
- Is a curved runway.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Addnl obstructions: +100' ridge at 1200'; on centerline +35' ridge at 500' on centerline; 250'TREES and terrain at 2500' on centerline.
- Runway not maintained in the winter.
- Runway 14 and 35 is not marked and no thld defined. Runway is curved to the northwest; no line of site from one runway end to the other.
- Nmrs trees ovr 60 feet and houses ovr 20 feet tall on approach.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Elk City from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Elk City, Idaho: 1 piston single. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Idaho.
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 · 3 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 Elk City 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 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 8 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/S90.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 29, 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.