Big Creek Airport
U60 · Big Creek, Idaho · Valley County · map
Big Creek Airport is a public-use airport in Big Creek, Idaho, 5,743 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,550 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U60
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 5,743 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
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,550 × 110 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 01: road on the approach
- Runway 19: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Big Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Big Creek, ID as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 4 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
- Open to ski eqptd aircraft in wint; aircraft use sides of runway durg ski operations.
- One half segmented circle midfield.
- Recommended land runway 19 - takeoff runway 01 - when wind conditions allow. First 400 feet of runway 01 are rough due to uneven gnd surface/undulations.
- 01/19 edges and thresholds marked with white rock.
- Ctlg obstruction usfs aces road.
- Be alert for sprinklers on runway.
- No winter maintenance.
- +30' to +60' trees adjacent to both runway edges and runway ends.
- Big game animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.