Idaho County Airport Explained

Idaho County Airport
Iata:IDH[1]
Icao:KGIC
Faa:GIC
Type:Public
Owner:Idaho County
Location:Grangeville, Idaho
Elevation-F:3,314
Elevation-M:1,010
Coordinates:45.9425°N -116.1233°W
Pushpin Map:USA#Idaho
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:240
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the United States##Location in Idaho
Pushpin Label:GIC
Pushpin Label Position:right
Website:Idaho Co. Airport
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:5,101
R1-Length-M:1,555
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:13,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:14
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Idaho County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in the western United States. Located in north central Idaho, it is one nautical mile (1.15 mi, 1.85 km) north of the central business district of Grangeville, the seat of Idaho County.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GIC by the FAA and IDH by the IATA[1] (which assigned GIC to Boigu Island Airport in Queensland, Australia).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Idaho County Airport covers an area of 161acres at an elevation of 3,314 feet (1,010 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,101 by 75 feet (1,555 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending on March 19, 2010, the airport had 13,000 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 81% general aviation and 19% air taxi. At that time, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine and 1 ultralight.

Home to the Grangeville Smokejumpers of the U.S. Forest Service,[4] the airport is one of seven USFS smokejumper bases in the western United States.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search. IATA. 19 November 2015.
  2. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Boigu Island Airport (GIC). September 28, 2011. Aviation Safety Network.
  4. Web site: Life as a Grangeville Smokejumper . U.S. Forest Service . August 26, 2024.