Challis Airport

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Challis Airport
IATA: CHL – ICAO: KLLJ – FAA: 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, -114.21778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	4,600	1,402	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			16,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} 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

[edit] External links

• Challis Airport at Idaho Transportation Department
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KLLJ
  • ASN accident history for CHL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLLJ
• Challis Airport at WikiMapia