Johnson Creek Airport is a grass airstrip

Airport

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 located in Central Idaho

Central Idaho

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 three miles (5 km) south of Yellow Pine

Yellow Pine, Idaho

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, a village in Valley County

Valley County, Idaho

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, Idaho

Idaho

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, United States

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. It is managed by the Idaho Division of Aeronautics of the Idaho Transportation Department

Idaho Transportation Department

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. A caretaker resides at the field, and as a result, the turf runway is well cared for. Johnson Creek is in the category of backcountry

Backcountry

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 airstrips, and is popular with pilots who enjoy airplane camping.

Facilities

Johnson Creek Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16.2 ha) which contains one grass runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 (17/35) which is 3400 feet (1,036.3 m) long and 150 feet (45.7 m) wide (1,036 x 46 m). The field elevation is 4933 feet (1,503.6 m) above sea level

Sea level

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. For the 12-month period ending October 24, 2003, the airport had 5,750 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 87% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 13% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

• Johnson Creek Airport at Idaho Transportation Department
  Idaho Transportation Department
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• Time-lapse animation of the webcam located at Johnson Creek Airport