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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.