Happy Canyon Airport
UT97 · Happy Canyon, Utah · Wayne County · map
Happy Canyon Airport is a private airport owned by the State of Utah School in Happy Canyon, Utah, 4,934 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,065 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UT97
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Utah School
- Elevation
- 4,934 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2004
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,065 × 50 ft | Dirt | |
| 18/36 | 1,290 × 50 ft | Dirt |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 650 ft
Aircraft registered in Happy Canyon from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Happy Canyon, UT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided pvt use.
- Lnd runway 09 when condition allow.
- State of Utah school and institutional trust lands administration
- Runway 09 5% grade uphill first 600 feet.
- Takeoff runway 27 when condition allow.
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.