Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport (U72)

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Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport (U72)
U72
Upper Loon Creek Usfs Airport (U72)
Challis, ID
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Location & QuickFacts
FAA Information Effective 2013-12-12
Airport Identifier U72
Airport Status Operational
Longitude/Latitude 114-49-23.3160W/44-35-29.6810N
-114.823143/44.591578 (Estimated)
Elevation 5500 ft / 1676.40 m (Estimated)
Land 17 acres
From nearest city 26 nautical miles NW of Challis, ID
Location Custer County, ID
Magnetic Variation 17E (1985)
Owner & Manager
Ownership Publicly owned
Owner U.s. Forest Service
Address 324 25th St
Ogden, UT 84401
Phone number 208-625-5511
Manager Middle Fork Dist Ranger
Address P.o. Box 750 Highway 93
Challis, ID 83226
Phone number 208-879-4101
Airport Operations and Facilities
Airport Use Open to public
Wind indicator Yes
Segmented Circle Yes
Control Tower No
Landing fee charge No
Sectional chart Great Falls
Region ANM - Northwest Mountain
Boundary ARTCC ZLC - Salt Lake City
Tie-in FSS BOI - Boise
FSS on Airport No
FSS Toll Free 1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility BOI (NOTAM-d service available)
Airport Communications
CTAF 122.900 MHz
Airport Services
Airframe repair NONE
Power plant repair NONE
Bottled oxygen NONE
Bulk oxygen NONE
Transient storage TIE
Runway Information
Runway 04/22
Dimensions 2500 x 75 ft (762 x 23 m)
Surface TURF-DIRT-F
04 22
Traffic pattern Left Left
Runway marking
*04/22 EDGES & THRS MARKED WITH WHITE ROCKS.
Remarks
  • RECOMMENDED FOR EXPERINCED MOUNTAIN PILOTS ONLY.
  • TREES AND HIGH TRRN ON BOTH ENDS OF RWY 04/22, REQUIRES A STEEP APCH.
  • NO WINTER MAINTENANCE.
  • RY 04/22 NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL OBSTNS ON APCH TO BOTH RY ENDS.
  • EXISTED PRIOR TO 31 DEC 1958.