Preston Airport
U10 · Preston, Idaho · Franklin County · map
Preston Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Preston & Franklin CO, 2 miles northwest of Preston, Idaho, 4,728 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,557 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U10
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Preston & Franklin CO
- Elevation
- 4,728 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- 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
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,557 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,375 × 30 ft | Gravel and dirt, good |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 384 ft, road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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 Preston from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Preston, Idaho: 12 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 business jet, 1 balloon. 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 · 4 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 1959.
- Located on plateau. Sharp dropoff near threshold runways 04, 17 and 35.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04: medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04 and runway 22 operates continuously.
- 3 windsocks (lighted) and wind tee.
- +4' fence at 100', 75' right.
- Displaced threshold marked with displaced threshold bar only.
- Unusable beyond 4.0 NM from threshold and does not provide obstruction clnc.
- Approach slope 31:1 to displaced threshold.
- Gravel surface used by crop dusters.
- Runway 17/35 closed winter.
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.