# Smiley Creek Airport (U87)

**Smiley Creek Airport** (FAA: U87) is a small airport in Ketchum, Idaho, United States. It opened in Jun 1966. It has one runway, 4,900 ft (1,494 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/u87

## At a glance

- FAA: U87
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ketchum, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Jun 1966
- Elevation: 7,206 ft / 2,196 m
- Coordinates: 43.9122, -114.7962
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,900 ft / 1,494 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751088
- Weather station: KSNT
- Ident: U87

## Timeline

- Jun 1966: Smiley Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 4,900 ft / 1,494 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,900 ft / 1,494 m | =7,324 of 29,858 | =2,750 in North America | =2,259 in US |
| Elevation | 7,206 ft / 2,196 m | #454 of 43,403 | #197 in North America | #137 in US |
| Age | Opened 1966 | =5,606 of 15,079 | =3,958 in North America | =3,871 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNICOM |  | 122.900 |

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- [55H](https://dromopedia.com/airports/55h.md) Atlanta Airport · 18 mi / 29 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))
- [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/u87/data