Bruce Meadows Airport
U63 · Stanley, Idaho · Valley County · map
Bruce Meadows Airport is a public-use airport owned by Idaho State/Itd-Div of Aeronautics, 20 miles northwest of Stanley, Idaho, 6,370 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U63
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Idaho State/Itd-Div of Aeronautics
- Elevation
- 6,370 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
- August 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 110 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 23: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Stanley from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Stanley, Idaho: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- ONE-HALF segmented circle.
- Recommend land runway 05; takeoff runway 23 when wind conditions permit.
- 05/23 edges and thresholds marked with white rocks.
- Runway 23 5 feet fence at 40 feet on centerline; 200 feet timbered ridge at 2000 feet on centerline; 13 feet road at 300 feet on centerline; 20 feet pole at 300 feet on centerline; 20 feet pole at 400 feet, 50 feet left.
- First 1200 feet of runway end 05 is flooded or very soft drg spring and through late summer months.
- 20 feet wide dirt strip down center of runway 05/23.
- Airport is located on a high mtn Valley surrounded by mtns.
- Big game animals have access to runway.
- Runway 23 fence marked with yellow and black warning panels 40 feet from aer 23.
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.