Carey Airport
U65 · Carey, Idaho · Blaine County · map
Carey Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Carey in Carey, Idaho, 4,789 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,650 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Carey Airport?
Its FAA code is U65.
Where is Carey Airport?
It is in Carey, Idaho, 4,789 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Carey Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,650 feet long, grass.
Does Carey Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Carey Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Carey Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U65
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Carey
- Elevation
- 4,789 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,650 × 170 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: fence on the approach
- Runway 26: fence 4 ft high 25 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Friedman Memorial (20 nm northwest), Jerome County (42 nm southwest), Gooding Municipal (43 nm southwest), Burley Municipal (47 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Friedman Memorial (20 nm northwest), Arco-Butte County (32 nm northeast), Jerome County (42 nm southwest), Gooding Municipal (43 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Idaho · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Recommend land runway 26; takeoff runway 8 when wind conditions permit.
- Full crc, NON-STD on both windsocks.
- 08/26 edges and thresholds marked with concrete markers.
- A 6 feet chain link fence has been instld on the south side of runway at 0 feet, 100 feet right - between the TIE-DOWN area and the agricultural field adjacent to it.
- 30 feet hngr and nmrs 30 to 80 feet trees at 900 feet to 1200 feet from eor 08.
- Be alert for sprinklers on runway.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Carey from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Carey, Idaho: 8 piston singles, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 training center examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Carey 9 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Idaho 1,535 since 1982 · 288 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Idaho 129 landing places
- Idaho 4,200 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/U65.json.
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 26, 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.