# Bancroft Municipal Airport (U51)

**Bancroft Municipal Airport** (FAA: U51) is a small airport in Bancroft, Idaho, United States. It opened in Oct 1947. It has one runway, 3,280 ft (1,000 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/u51

## At a glance

- FAA: U51
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bancroft, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Oct 1947
- Elevation: 5,435 ft / 1,657 m
- Coordinates: 42.7208, -111.8670
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,280 ft / 1,000 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745024
- Weather station: KU78
- Ident: U51

## Timeline

- Oct 1947: Bancroft Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,280 ft / 1,000 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,280 ft / 1,000 m | =14,362 of 29,858 | =5,705 in North America | =4,789 in US |
| Elevation | 5,435 ft / 1,657 m | =1,530 of 43,403 | =777 in North America | =579 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [ID62](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id62.md) Simpson Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [01ID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/01id.md) Lava Hot Springs Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [U78](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ku78.md) Allen H Tigert Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [1ID9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1id9.md) Simko Field · 16 mi / 26 km
- [0ID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0967.md) W E Ranch Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [U58](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ku58.md) Downey/Hyde Memorial Airport · 24 mi / 39 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))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (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/u51/data