AirNav   Pilot Getaways
 
airports navaids fix Aviation Fuel airboss pilotshop
 1118 users online  

U79 Chamberlain USFS Airport
Chamberlain Guard Station, Idaho, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: U79
Lat/Long: 45-22-44.6820N / 115-11-48.4070W
45-22.744700N / 115-11.806783W
45.3790783 / -115.1967797
(estimated)
Elevation: 5765 ft. / 1757 m (estimated)
Variation: 18E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -7 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 83677

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1941
Sectional chart: GREAT FALLS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: BOISE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BOI (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 4100 x 200 ft. / 1250 x 61 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: 07/25 & RY 15/33 THRS MARKED & RYS OUTLINED WITH YELLOW ROCKS.
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 50 ft. trees, 105 ft. right of centerline
+35 FT TREE S 75 FT R; +35 FT TREES 150 FT ON CNTRLN.
35 ft. tree, 110 ft. left of centerline
+325' TIMBERED RIDGE 5000' ON CNTRLN.

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 2700 x 140 ft. / 823 x 43 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 150 ft. hill, 1000 ft. from runway, 200 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
RWY 15 120 FT TIMBERED HILL 1200 FT ON CNTRLN
10 ft. trees, 50 ft. from runway, 5:1 slope to clear
+275' TIMBERED RIDGE 3000' ON CNTRLN +35' TREES AT 300' ON CNTRLN.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: U S FOREST SERVICE
324 25TH ST
OGDEN, UT 84401
Phone 801-625-5511
Manager: KRASSEL DISTRICT RANGER
500 NORTH MISSION STREET
MC CALL, ID 83638
Phone 208-634-0600

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 77/week *
62% transient general aviation
38% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 23 September 2004

Additional Remarks

APRT SUBJECT TO TEMPORARY CLOSURE EARLY SPRING TO SOFT RYS.
+70' TREES ADJACENT TO ALL RY EDGES.
SOME RODENT ACTIVITY ON BOTH RYS.
NO TELEPHONE AVBL AT ARPT.
PVT STONE BREAKER ARPT LOCATED 1 NM NE OF CHAMBERLAIN USFS.
RY 07/25 W 500 FT CLSD INDEFLY.
RY 15/33 HAS +2 FT PIPE & -2 FT DITCH ACROSS RY NORTH OF RY 07/25 INTERSECTION.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at U79.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMYL - Mc Call Municipal Airport (48 nm SW)
S80 - Idaho County Airport (52 nm NW)
KSMN - Lemhi County Airport (58 nm E)
6S5 - Ravalli County Airport (69 nm NE)
32S - Stevensville Airport (84 nm NE)
 
Loc | Ops | Rwys | IFR | FBO | Links
Com | Nav | Svcs | Stats | Notes

$5.40 $5.19

 
Area around U79 (Chamberlain USFS Airport)
 
Road maps at: MapQuest MapPoint Yahoo! Maps Google Rand McNally
Satellite photo at: TerraServer Virtual Earth

 
Aerial photo
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Aerial photo of U79 (Chamberlain USFS Airport)
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Chamberlain USFS Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.

 
Sectional chart
Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com

 
Airport distance calculator
Flying to Chamberlain USFS Airport? Find the distance to fly.

From to U79

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Aug-2008
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2012:20
Sunrise06:5112:51
Sunset20:3602:36
Evening civil twilight21:0703:07

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  22-Aug-2008 01:08:57
Local (UTC-6)  21-Aug-2008 19:08:57
 
METAR
KMYL 
48nm SW 
220050Z AUTO 25013G22KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP111 T01610022 $
KP69 
49nm N 
220052Z AUTO 00000KT 14/14 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP133 P0003 T01440139 PWINO TSNO
TAF
KMYL 
48nm SW 
212320Z 220024 24012G22KT P6SM SCT060 BKN090 FM0200 31010KT P6SM SCT090 FM0700 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM0900 VRB03KT P6SM VCFG SKC TEMPO 0912 2SM BR FEW005 FM1200 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR SCT005 FM1800 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
NOTAMs
Click for the latest NOTAMs
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.

 

 
 

Would you like to see your business listed on this page?

 If your business provides an interesting product or service to pilots, flight crews, aircraft, or users of the Chamberlain USFS Airport, you should consider listing it here.  To start the listing process, click on the button below
 
Add a business
 

Other Pages about Chamberlain USFS Airport

www.flyidaho.org/...
 
Update a link
 
Copyright © AirNav, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy  Contact