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) and about 30 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 7,040 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Preston Airport?
Its FAA code is U10.
Where is Preston Airport?
It is 2 miles northwest of Preston, Idaho, 4,728 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Preston Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 3,557 feet long.
Does Preston Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Preston Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Preston Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners 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 Preston Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Logan-Cache Airport (19 nm south), Brigham City Regional (34 nm south).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 29 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,040, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 2,000 |
| military | 40 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
- Christopher Clark Hutchinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Utah State University · Logan, UT (19 nm) · (801) 361-9554 · [email protected]
- Joshua Arden Bendixen private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Utah State University Flight Ops · Logan, UT (19 nm) · (801) 599-1849 · [email protected]
- Matthew Dillon Bunnell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Salt Lake City FSDO NM07/ SLC FSDO · Logan, UT (19 nm) · (435) 554-1105 · [email protected]
- Steven Gasik private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Logan, UT (19 nm) · (801) 663-4754 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
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 · 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. 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 Preston 18 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones
- Plant Shield Drone Spraying LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 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/U10.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 28, 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.