Challis Airport

Challis Airport
IATA: CHLICAO: KLLJFAA LID: LLJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Challis
Location Challis, Idaho
Elevation AMSL 5,072 ft / 1,546 m
Coordinates 44°31′25″N 114°13′04″W / 44.52361°N 114.21778°W / 44.52361; -114.21778
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,600 1,402 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 16,350

Challis Airport (IATA: CHL, ICAO: KLLJ, FAA LID: LLJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Challis, a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Challis Airport is assigned LLJ by the FAA and CHL by the IATA (which assigned LLJ to Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh).[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Challis Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 4,600 x 60 ft (1,402 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending May 22, 2006, the airport had 16,350 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 65% general aviation, 34% air taxi and 1% military.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for LLJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. Great Circle Mapper: CHL / KLLJ - Challis, Idaho
  3. Great Circle Mapper: LLJ / VGLM - Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh

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