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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Canyonlands Regional (44 nm northeast), Cal Black Memorial (45 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Canyonlands Regional (44 nm northeast), Cal Black Memorial (45 nm south), Monticello Airport (47 nm east), Green River Municipal (48 nm north).
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 Utah · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Happy Canyon from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Happy Canyon, UT as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Utah 1,440 since 1982 · 264 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Utah 49 landing places
- Utah 8,355 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UT97.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.