Sandpoint Airport
SZT · KSZT · Sandpoint, Idaho · Bonner County · map
Sandpoint Airport is a public-use airport owned by Bonner County, 2 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho, 2,131 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSZT · observed 12:35 pm PDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSZT 061935Z AUTO 13005KT 7SM CLR 19/07 A3015 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SZT · ICAO KSZT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Bonner County
- Elevation
- 2,131 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- SUMMER, every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; WINTER, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 90 ft high 610 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Lakeside and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.95 | |
| Szt and aWOS-2 | 135.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 208-263-3074.
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 Sandpoint from the FAA register
131 aircraft are registered to owners in Sandpoint, Idaho: 89 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 13 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 4 gliders. 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 · 10 since 1982, 0 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.
- Addnl obstruction 23 feet railroad at 740 feet on centerline, 85 feet trees at 2650 feet on centerline.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02 and 20 operates continuously.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -16C.
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.