Allen H Tigert Airport
U78 · Soda Springs, Idaho · Caribou County · map
Allen H Tigert Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Soda Springs, 1 mile southeast of Soda Springs, Idaho, 5,843 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Soda Springs
- Elevation
- 5,843 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor | Non-standard lights |
| 13/31 | 2,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 16: tri-color on the left, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 34: tri-color on the left
- Runway 13: pole 45 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 31: power line 40 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Soda Springs from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Soda Springs, Idaho: 6 drones, 2 piston singles. 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 · 5 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 15 may 1959.
- Rotating beacon out of service indef.
- Sharply dsndg trrn near end runways 31 and 34.
- All runway lights are out of service indefinitely.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights first 300 feet runway 16 not lighted.
- +12 feet parked aircraft at 0 feet 115 feet L.
- +15 feet hwy Xs prim surface 50 feet from eor; nmrs high vehicles; nmrs close in obstructions on approach to runway 16.
- +9 feet road at 60 feet on centerline.
- No markgs - paint is all gone.
- Runway nrs are very dfclt to see - paint is 90% gone.
- Tri color VASI out of service indfly.
- Tri color VASI out of service indfly.
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.