Rigby Airport
U56 · Rigby, Idaho · Jefferson County · map
Rigby Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rigby, 2 miles south of Rigby, Idaho, 4,845 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,727 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U56
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rigby
- Elevation
- 4,845 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,727 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: fence 5 ft high 270 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 225 ft, road 17 ft high 275 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency 122.9. |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Rigby from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Rigby, Idaho: 41 piston singles, 14 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 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 · 9 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.
- Only taxiway exits lighted west/blue lights.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency 122.9.
- Runway 01 +5 feet fence at 0 feet, 86 feet right.
- Approach slope 29:1 to displaced threshold.
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.