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Airport in Challis, Idaho
Challis Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Challis
LocationChallis, Idaho
Elevation AMSL5,072 ft / 1,546 m
Coordinates44°31′25″N 114°13′04″W / 44.52361°N 114.21778°W / 44.52361; -114.21778
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,600 1,402 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations16,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Challis Airport (IATA: CHL, ICAO: KLLJ, FAA LID: LLJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the central business district of Challis, a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Challis Airport is assigned LLJ by the FAA and CHL by the IATA (which assigned LLJ to Silampari Airport in Indonesia).

Facilities and aircraft

Challis Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 4,600 ft × 60 ft (1,402 m × 18 m). For the 12-month period ending May 22, 2006, the airport had 16,350 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 65% general aviation, 34% air taxi and 1% military.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LLJ PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. Great Circle Mapper: CHL / KLLJ - Challis, Idaho
  3. Great Circle Mapper: LLJ / WIPB - Lubuk Linggau, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia

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