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.
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
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.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,500 ft762 m | 75 ft | Grass and dirtfair | — |
Nearby airfields
- Nearest paved 3,000 ft
- CHLChallis Airport · 26 nm E
- Airfields within 25 nm
- 11
Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.