Bancroft Municipal
U51 · Bancroft, Idaho · Caribou County · map
Bancroft Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bancroft, 1 mile east of Bancroft, Idaho, 5,435 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,280 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U51
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bancroft
- Elevation
- 5,435 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,280 × 30 ft | Gravel, fair |
- Runway 07: road on the approach
- Runway 25: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Bancroft from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Bancroft, Idaho: 4 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- Runway 7/25 07: farm road parl to runway at 125 feet R of runway.
- Runway 7/25 25: farm road parl to runway at 125 feet L of runway.
- Addnl obstruction; +70 feet pwr line (marked) at 800 feet on centerline.
- Ctn: unmkd grass landing area located perpendicular and southeast/adjacent to runway end 25.
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.