Big Southern Butte Airport
U46 · Atomic City, Idaho · Butte County · map
Big Southern Butte Airport is a public-use airport, 10 miles west of Atomic City, Idaho, 5,073 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,600 feet of dirt.
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What is the airport code for Big Southern Butte Airport?
Its FAA code is U46.
Where is Big Southern Butte Airport?
It is 10 miles west of Atomic City, Idaho, 5,073 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Big Southern Butte Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,600 feet long, dirt.
Does Big Southern Butte Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Big Southern Butte Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U46
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 5,073 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,600 × 110 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 19: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Pocatello Regional (37 nm southeast), Idaho Falls Regional (43 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Arco-Butte County (16 nm northwest), Mccarley Field (34 nm southeast), Pocatello Regional (37 nm southeast), Savage Field (39 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
- Existed prior to 15 may 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- 01/19 edges and thlds marked with white rock boundary mkrs (bms).
- 14 feet road 150 feet on extdd centerline.
- Livestock on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 01/19 surface condition poor due to livestock dmg, gnd vehicles, rodents, and vegetation.
- Runway 01/19 +1.5 feet berm and -1 feet ditch adjacent to entire perimeter of runway.
- Aprt located in desolate area - no services available.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 Atomic City from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Atomic City, ID as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 training center examiners.
- Thomas Jay Kohler private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Aeromark · Idaho Falls, ID (43 nm) · (208) 360-7566 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- 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/U46.json.
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 27, 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.