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).
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What is the airport code for Allen H Tigert Airport?
Its FAA code is U78.
Where is Allen H Tigert Airport?
It is 1 mile southeast of Soda Springs, Idaho, 5,843 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Allen H Tigert Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 3,500 feet long.
Does Allen H Tigert Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Allen H Tigert Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Allen H Tigert Airport?
3 aviation medical examiners 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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Afton Lincoln County/General Boyd L Eddins Field (28 nm east), Alpine Airport (40 nm northeast), Pocatello Regional (47 nm west).
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 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.
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 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, 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: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- 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 · 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. 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 Soda Springs 8 aircraft · 6 drones, 2 piston singles
- Clark AG LLC 5 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 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 4,199 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/U78.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.