| Challis Airport | |
| Iata: | CHL |
| Icao: | KLLJ |
| Faa: | LLJ |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Challis |
| Location: | Challis, Idaho |
| Elevation-F: | 5,072 |
| Elevation-M: | 1,546 |
| Coordinates: | 44.5236°N -114.2178°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,600 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,402 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2006 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 16,350 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Challis Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located 1miles northeast of the central business district of Challis, a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States.
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 Silampari Airport in Indonesia).[2] [3]
Challis Airport covers an area of 149acres which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 4600x. 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.