U72
Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport
Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport (U72) is a general-aviation airfield serving Challis, Idaho. The field lies at 5,500 ft (1,676 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 2,500 ft (762 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Mahoney Creek USFS Airport (0U3), 10 nm NNW.
Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 5,500 ft (1,676 m)
- Coordinates
- 44.5912, -114.8248
- Serving
- Challis
- Region
- Idaho
- Time zone
- America/Boise
Runways1 · longest 2,500 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 04 points 40° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,500 ft762 m | 75 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.