Twin Bridges Airport
U61 · Ketchum, Idaho · Custer County · map
Twin Bridges Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Id, Itd Div of Aero, 22 miles northeast of Ketchum, Idaho, 6,900 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,450 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U61
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Id, Itd Div of Aero
- Elevation
- 6,900 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
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1956
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,450 × 100 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 18: hill 300 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 36: berm on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Ketchum from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Ketchum, Idaho: 29 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 1 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 3/31/59.
- No winter maintenance.
- Runway 18/36 edges and thlds marked with white rocks.
- Addnl obstruction +300 mtn 1100 feet from threshold on centerline; 14 feet road 100 feet from threshold on centerline.
- Airport located in high mtn valley surrounded by high mtns.
- Be alert airport subject to ongoing damage by livestock; ground vehicles and rodents.
- Runway 18/36 -1 feet ditch and +1 feet - 2 feet dirt berm entire perimeter of runway.
- Sug: lnd runway 36 and takeoff runway 18 if weather condition permit.
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.