# Lower Loon Creek Airport (C53)

**Lower Loon Creek Airport** (FAA: C53) is a small airport in Challis, Idaho, United States. It opened in Nov 1992. It has one runway, 1,200 ft (366 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/id67

## At a glance

- FAA: C53
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Challis, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Nov 1992
- Elevation: 4,200 ft / 1,280 m
- Coordinates: 44.8084, -114.8088
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 ft / 366 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49747642
- Ident: ID67

## Timeline

- Nov 1992: Lower Loon Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,200 ft / 366 m | 25 ft / 8 m | Grass |  |  |

- 16/34 slopes 1.2%: threshold 16 at 4,084 ft / 1,245 m, threshold 34 at 4,098 ft / 1,249 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,200 ft / 366 m | =28,953 of 29,858 | =14,792 in North America | =13,251 in US |
| Elevation | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | =3,158 of 43,403 | =1,699 in North America | =1,348 in US |
| Age | Opened 1992 | =9,995 of 15,079 | =7,750 in North America | =7,639 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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- [D47](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1116.md) Cougar Ranch Airport · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [ID8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1175.md) Marble Creek Airstrip · 9.0 mi / 14 km
- [2U8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2u8.md) Thomas Creek Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [12ID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/12id.md) Flying B Ranch Landing Strip · 12 mi / 19 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/id67/data