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66S · Cavanaugh Bay Airport

FAA-LID · US · 9 NTSB events

ID 66S Elev 2,484 ft Lat 48° 31.09' N Lon 116° 49.32' W Zulu …

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,100 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 — 3,100 ft 120 ft TURF-G No —
33 — 3,100 ft 120 ft TURF-G No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 10 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (10 sentences)
  • ·RWY 15/33 NO LINE OF SIGHT BTN RWY ENDS.
  • ·WATCH FOR SPRINKLERS ON RY.
  • ·ARPT ATTENDED BY CARETAKER DURG SUMMER MONTHS.
  • ·SEAPLANE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN BAY NORTH & ADJACENT TO ARPT; MONITOR CTAF.
  • ·HEAVY SNOWMOBILES ACTIVITY DURING WINTER MONTHS.
  • ·FOR CD CTC SEATTLE ARTCC AT 253-351-3694. 15/33 EDGES & THRS MKD WITH WHITE ROCKS.
  • ·RY 15 +100 FT TREE 310 FT FM RY END 150 FT R; +12 FT ROAD 40 FT ON CNTRLN; +120 FT TREE 200 FT FM RY END 180 FT L; +30 FT TREE 125 FT FM RY END ON CNTRLN; +25 FT BLDG AT 90 FT; 60 FT L.
  • ·BOTH RWY ENDS HAVE 50-70 FT TALL TREES.
  • ·AFCTS EITHER APCH OR DEP.
  • ·ARPT EXISTED PRIOR TO 15 MAY 59.

Field profile

Wikipedia

Full article ↗

Cavanaugh Bay Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Coolin, in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. It is owned by the State of Idaho, Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Aeronautics. The airport is located on the east side of Priest Lake, at the south end of Cavanaugh Bay.

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

9 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

10

since 1982

Fatal

1

10.0% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=3

  • Ground collision 2
  • Runway excursion 1

All time · n=10

  • Other 3
  • Runway excursion 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Stall / spin 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-07-08 Beech A36 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2023-07-30 Beech 23 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2017-09-10 Cessna 172 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2013-06-16 Piper PA-28-140 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2012-08-15 Piper PA-24-260 · Other · VMC · day →
2012-03-25 Stinson 108-1 · Other · VMC · day →
2005-08-05 Harmon/Lance RV-4 · Other · VMC · day →
2000-08-25 Hughes 369E · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1999-09-18 Champion 7BCM · CFIT · VMC · day →

Designees in ID

CFI Flight Instructors 855 A&P Mechanics 1,821 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 42 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 3 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 3 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 5 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 5 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 16 Schools Flight Schools 25 FBO Fixed Base Operators 37 Clubs Flying Clubs 15 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 2 EAA EAA Chapters 7

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Kevin Walter Rothfus Hayden ID 45 nm
Douglas Glen Belcher Newman Lake WA 46 nm
Jared Ryan Testa Spokane Valley WA 54 nm
David Lucio Valenti Spokane WA 57 nm
Jay Daniel Bigley Spokane WA 57 nm
Timothy Michael Lewis Spokane WA 57 nm
James Heckman Whitefish MT 99 nm
Michelle Marie Petrina Whitefish MT 99 nm
Perry Lee Brown Kalispell MT 101 nm
Ryan Baer Missoula MT 150 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Dennis Alvah Hanson Priest Lake ID 14 nm
Wurzel David Parsons-Keir Naples ID 15 nm
Mark Donald Ashmore Naples ID 15 nm
Carl Willem De Graaf Ponderay ID 17 nm
Richard Allen Chambers Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Paul Leland Kelly Sandpoint ID 18 nm
George Stennis Moore Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Robert Peter Del Valle Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Corbett Martin Baker Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Wesley Baxter Roche Sandpoint ID 18 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Karl Patrick Iskat Nordman ID 7 nm
Dennis Alvah Hanson Priest Lake ID 14 nm
Jerome Raymond Bauer Naples ID 15 nm
Marc Alan Coffman Naples ID 15 nm
Ronald Joseph Schmidt Ponderay ID 17 nm
Steven Allen Hewitt Ponderay ID 17 nm
Stephen Daniel Ruff Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Tom Edward Tuttle Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Nicholas Kelly Newby Sandpoint ID 18 nm
Dominic Charles Bovey Sandpoint ID 18 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Huey's Aviation Painting
Colville, WA
 42 nm
Advanced Avionics Solutions, LLC
Hayden, ID
 45 nm
Pristine Jets
Missoula, MT
 146 nm
Montana Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Cut Bank, MT
 177 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 191 nm
Cannon Avionics, Inc.
Arlington, WA
 214 nm
Cannon Aircraft Interiors & CAI Avionics
Everett, WA
 221 nm
B&C Quality Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Auburn, WA
 229 nm
Dustin's Aircraft Maintenance and Upholstery
Great Falls, MT
 230 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 236 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.