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Idaho Falls Regional Airport, known locally as Fanning Field, lies two miles north-northwest of downtown Idaho Falls, Idaho, at an elevation of 4,731 feet. It is a towered, primary commercial-service field with two hard-surfaced runways, an ILS approach, and a mix of airline, air-taxi and general-aviation traffic that makes it the second-busiest airport in the state after Boise.
Idaho Falls Regional Airport serves the city of Idaho Falls and the surrounding eastern Idaho region, and is operated by the City of Idaho Falls. For a visiting pilot it offers a long main runway with an ILS, a control tower, and a genuine mix of airline, air-taxi and general-aviation movements, making it a useful and interesting stop for anyone flying in or out of the upper Snake River valley en route to destinations such as Yellowstone National Park.
The airfield sits about two miles north-northwest of downtown Idaho Falls, Idaho. It is a towered field, with the tower and ground frequencies shared as noted below, and falls under the overlying jurisdiction of Salt Lake City Center for en-route control.
Idaho Falls Regional Airport has two paved runways. The main runway, 03/21, is 8,972 to 8,971 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving runway 21. The crosswind runway, 17/35, is 4,036 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit on both ends.
Weather is available on ASOS/ATIS at 135.325 MHz. The tower operates on 118.5 MHz, which also serves as the CTAF; ground control is on 121.7 MHz, and UNICOM is on 122.95 MHz. Boise Radio can be reached on 122.55 MHz, and the overlying centre, Salt Lake City Center, is on 128.35 MHz. Runway 21 is equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
A portion of the airport's east side, comprising an aircraft hangar built in 1930, an administrator's or caretaker's cabin, a beacon tower and the surrounding landscaped grounds, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as the Idaho Falls Airport Historic District. This area represents the original site of airport operations, and the hangar, designed in a Rustic style by architect C.R. Black, was still in use as recently as 1996. The field is still known locally by its historic name, Fanning Field.
Idaho Falls Regional Airport remains the second-busiest airport in Idaho after Boise. In the year ending December 31, 2016, it recorded 33,152 aircraft operations, averaging 91 per day, of which 65 percent were general aviation, 31 percent air taxi, 3 percent airline and under 1 percent military. At that time 171 aircraft were based at the field: 128 single-engine, 29 multi-engine, 6 jet, 5 helicopter and 3 glider, reflecting a substantial general-aviation community alongside scheduled airline service.
