Cold Meadows Usfs Airport (U81)

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective	2026-07-09
Airport Identifier	U81
Airport Status	Operational
Longitude/Latitude	114°56'43.1000" W / 45°17'36.6000" N -114.945306 / 45.293500 (Estimated)
Elevation	7030.00 ft / 2142.74 m (Surveyed)
Land	22 acres
Location	Idaho 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	801-625-5511
Manager	KRASSEL DISTRICT RANGER
Address	500 NORTH MISSION ST. MC CALL, ID 83638
Phone number	208-634-0600

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use	Open to public
Wind indicator	Yes
Segmented Circle	Yes
Control Tower	NON-ATCT
Landing fee charge	No
Sectional chart	GREAT FALLS
Region	ANM - Northwest Mountain
Responsible 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

122.9 MHz

Airport Services

Airframe repair	NONE
Power plant repair	NONE
Bottled oxygen	NONE
Bulk oxygen	NONE
Transient storage	Tiedown

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions	4550 x 90 ft (1387 x 27 m)
Surface	TURF-DIRT (FAIR)
Surface treatment

	16	34
Physical elevation	6966.00 ft	6941.00 ft
Coordinates	45.299739 / -114.945806	45.287275 / -114.944789
Traffic pattern	Left	Left

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
LKT	VOR/DME	SALMON	82X	113.50	13E	40.0 nm

Remarks

• NO WINTER MAINTENANCE.
• FOR CD CTC SALT LAKE ARTCC AT 801-320-2568.
• VERY HIGH DENSITY ALT FACTOR DURING SUMMER MONTHS.
• RODENT ACTIVITY ON AND INVOF ARPT.
• BE ADVISED USFS RECOMMENDS LEFT TURNOUT DOWN COTTON WOOD CREEK AFTER DEPARTING RY 16.
• NO TELEPHONE AVBL AT ARPT.
• RY MAY BE SOFT IN EARLY SPRING.
• RUBBER WATER BAR STRIPS ON RY.
• BIG GAME ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK ON & INVOF RY.
• ESTABD PRIOR TO 31 DEC 1958.