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.

Movements are not attributed to this field. The nearest Alārium counts traffic for is Lemhi County Airport (SMN), 51 nm NE.

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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

Length and width to scale · north up

Orientation and relative length from the designator: runway 04 points 40° magnetic. No published thresholds here, so strips sit about the field centre. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
04/222,500 ft762 m75 ftGrass and dirtfair—

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
CHLChallis Airport · 26 nm E
Airfields within 25 nm
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Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.