# Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport (U72)

**Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport** (FAA: U72) is a small airport in Challis, Idaho, United States. It opened in Jul 1958. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass. It is operated by United States Forest Service.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/u72

## At a glance

- FAA: U72
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Forest Service
- Serves: Challis, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Jul 1958
- Elevation: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Coordinates: 44.5912, -114.8248
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751605
- Weather station: KSNT
- Ident: U72

## Timeline

- Jul 1958: Upper Loon Creek US Forest Service Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =1,458 of 43,403 | =753 in North America | =560 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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))
- [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/u72/data