Idaho City Usfs Airport
U98 · Idaho City, Idaho · Boise County · map
Idaho City Usfs Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Forest Service, 1 mile southwest of Idaho City, Idaho, 3,920 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,400 feet of grass and gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U98
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service
- Elevation
- 3,920 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1948
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,400 × 50 ft | Grass and gravel, good |
- Runway 04: trees 55 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 60 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Idaho City from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Idaho City, Idaho: 1 piston single. 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, 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- No winter maintenance.
- Recommend land runway 04; tkoff runway 22; when wind conditions permit.
- 04/22 edges and thresholds marked with white rock.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- 70 feet trees located on L side of runway - adjacent to runway end boundary mkr.
- First 900 feet of runway end 4 is grass; rmng is dirt/gravel mix.
- Usfs helicopter operations during fire season.
- West 700 feet of runway is grass; remainder is gravel.
- (A52) nmrs addnl trees/obstructions on approaches to runway 04 and 22.
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.