Henrys Lake Airport
U53 · Island Park, Idaho · Fremont County · map
Henrys Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id, Itd-Div of Aeronautics, 3 miles southeast of Island Park, Idaho, 6,596 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,600 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U53
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id, Itd-Div of Aeronautics
- Elevation
- 6,596 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1945
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,600 × 170 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06: fence on the approach
- Runway 24: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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 Island Park from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Island Park, Idaho: 4 piston singles, 2 drones. 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.
- No winter maintenance.
- 06/24 edges and thresholds marked with white rocks.
- Slope 0:1
- Slope 0:1
- +4 feet fence 20 feet on centerline.
- 4 feet barb wire fence at 0 feet, 90 feet right.
- Recommend land runway 06 takeoff runway 24 when wind conditions allow.
- Livestock and big game animals have access to runway during fall, winter and spring; do not leave aircraft unatndd during these seasons.
- First 500 feet of runway 6 rough due to uneven surface/bunch grass and rodent act.
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.