# Big Southern Butte Airport (U46)

**Big Southern Butte Airport** (FAA: U46) is a small airport in Blackfoot, Idaho, United States. It opened in Jun 1951. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, dirt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/u46

## At a glance

- FAA: U46
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Blackfoot, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Jun 1951
- Elevation: 5,073 ft / 1,546 m
- Coordinates: 43.4325, -113.0556
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745149
- Ident: U46

## Timeline

- Jun 1951: Big Southern Butte Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 110 ft / 34 m | Dirt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 5,073 ft / 1,546 m | =1,937 of 43,403 | #1,003 in North America | #766 in US |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =2,596 in North America | =2,536 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-8595](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8595.md) Quaking Aspen Butte Airstrip · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [U37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/u37.md) Midway Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [U48](https://dromopedia.com/airports/u48.md) Coxs Well Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [KAOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaoc.md) Arco Butte County Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [ID36](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id36.md) King Mountain Glider Park · 27 mi / 43 km
- [0U7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0u7.md) Hollow Top Airport · 28 mi / 45 km

## 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/u46/data