Idaho County Airport is a county owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 in Idaho County

Idaho County, Idaho

Idaho County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 Census the county had a population of 16,267. The county seat is Grangeville...

, Idaho

Idaho

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, United States

United States

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. It is located one nautical mile

Nautical mile

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 (1.15 mi

Mile

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, 1.85 km

Kilometre

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) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Grangeville, Idaho

Grangeville, Idaho

Grangeville is the largest city in and the county seat of Idaho County, Idaho, United States, in the west central part of the state. It had a population of 3,141 at the 2010 census.- Culture :...

.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, this airport is assigned GIC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned GIC to Boigu Island Airport

Boigu Island Airport

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 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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).

Facilities and aircraft

Idaho County Airport covers an area of 161 acres (65.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 3,314 feet (1,010 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 7/25 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 5,101 by 75 feet (1,555 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 19, 2010, the airport had 13,000 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 81% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 19% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 7% ultralight.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 16 July 1998 from USGS The National Map