Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport
U72 · Challis, Idaho · Custer County · map
Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport is a public-use airport owned by the U.S. Forest Service, 26 miles northwest of Challis, Idaho, 5,500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,500 feet of grass and dirt.
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What is the airport code for Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport?
Its FAA code is U72.
Where is Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport?
It is 26 miles northwest of Challis, Idaho, 5,500 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,500 feet long, grass and dirt.
Does Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Upper Loon Creek Usfs 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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U72
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- U.S. Forest Service
- Elevation
- 5,500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,500 × 75 ft | Grass and dirt, good |
- Runway 04: tree 90 ft high 45 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 65 ft high 175 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: Challis Airport (26 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Challis Airport (26 nm east).
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
- Existed prior to 31 dec 1958.
- Recommended for experienced mountain pilots only.
- Recommended land runway 22; takeoff runway 04 when wind conditions pmt.
- 04/22 edges and thresholds marked with white rocks.
- 90+ feet tree located in close prox. To the left of runway end 04.
- Trees and high trrn on both ends of runway 04/22, requires a steep approach.
- No winter maintenance.
- Runway 04/22 numerous additional obstructions on approach to both runway ends.
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 Challis from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Challis, Idaho: 10 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Challis:
- Middle Fork Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 2 since 1982, 1 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 Challis 11 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Middle Fork Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Middle Fork Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 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 4,199 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/U72.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.