# Idaho City US Forest Service Airport (U98)

**Idaho City US Forest Service Airport** (FAA: U98) is a small airport in Idaho City, Idaho, United States. It opened in Nov 1948. It has one runway, 3,400 ft (1,036 m) long, grass. It is operated by United States Forest Service.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/u98

## At a glance

- FAA: U98
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Forest Service
- Serves: Idaho City, Idaho, United States
- Opened: Nov 1948
- Elevation: 3,920 ft / 1,195 m
- Coordinates: 43.8237, -115.8446
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 ft / 1,036 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746992
- Weather station: KBOI · WMO 72681
- Ident: U98

## Timeline

- Nov 1948: Idaho City US Forest Service Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | =13,111 of 29,858 | =5,333 in North America | =4,462 in US |
| Elevation | 3,920 ft / 1,195 m | =3,669 of 43,403 | =1,962 in North America | =1,549 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 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/u98/data