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Challis Airport is a small, city-owned general aviation airfield serving the town of Challis in Custer County, Idaho, set at 4,803 feet amid the mountainous terrain of the Lost River country. It offers a single unpaved runway and is used mainly for recreational and backcountry flying rather than any scheduled traffic.
Challis Airport is a public-use general aviation field owned by the City of Challis, sitting close to the town of Challis in Custer County, Idaho. It is a modest, unpaved facility rather than a busy hub, and its appeal to a visiting sim pilot lies chiefly in its high-altitude, mountain-ringed setting and its role in serving recreational and backcountry flying in this part of central Idaho.
The airfield lies in Custer County, Idaho, close to the town of Challis, with the surrounding region flanked by the Lost River country to the west and the Bitterroot Range to the east. No specific controlled airspace detail is given in the available sources; pilots should expect the open, largely unregulated airspace typical of rural central Idaho.
The field has a single grass runway, 11/29, measuring 974 feet in length. There is no paved surface and no ILS.
No instrument landing system is available at the field, and no published radio frequency or navaid information is given in the available data.
No specific joining or circuit procedures are published in the available sources.
The town of Challis itself serves as the primary visual reference for locating the field, with the Lost River Range to the west and the Bitterroot Range to the east providing prominent mountain landmarks for orientation in the surrounding terrain.
The airfield is owned and operated by the City of Challis and has long served as a general aviation facility for the local community. Aircraft-operations data recorded for the broader Challis airport complex showed a mix dominated by general aviation and air taxi activity, with a small proportion of military movements, reflecting its role as a modest regional GA field rather than a commercial airport.
Today the field continues to function as a general aviation airfield, primarily supporting recreational flying in the Challis area, consistent with its long-standing role serving the local community and visiting backcountry pilots.
