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KSZT · Sandpoint Airport

ICAO · US · 10 NTSB events

ID KSZT FAA SZT Elev 2,131 ft Lat 48° 17.97' N Lon 116° 33.60' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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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: 5,501 ft. Max gradient: 0.01%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
02 032° 5,501 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.01%
20 212° 5,501 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.01%

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).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 135.425
  • CNTR SEATTLE CNTR 123.950
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.700

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KSZT on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 3 matched · 28 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 02 and Rwy 20, MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 02 and Rwy 20, MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (3)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 02 and Rwy 20, MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 02 and Rwy 20, MIRL Rwy 02–20—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Wildlife invof arpt.

  • Airport attended 1500–0100Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1500–0100Z‡

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (28 sentences)
  • ·84 IDAHO SALMON N45º01.28´ W114º05.05´ NOTAM FILE SMN.
  • ·(VH) (DH) VORW/DME 113.5 LKT Chan 82 042º 10.6 NM to Lemhi Co. 9260/13E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 127º–135º byd 40 NM 136º–146º byd 40 NM blo 14,000´ RCO 122.6 (BOISE RADIO) SANDPOE N48º17.44´ W116º33.79´ NOTAM FILE SZT.
  • ·NDB (MHW) 264 SZT at Sandpoint. 2131/14E.
  • ·NDB unusable: 170º–200º byd 20 NM 200º–360º 360º–170º byd 15 NM SANDPOINT (SZT)(KSZT) 2 N UTC–8(–7DT) N48º17.97´ W116º33.61´ 2131 B NOTAM FILE SZT RWY 02–20: H5501X75 (ASPH) S–40 MIRL RWY 02: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.75º TCH 28´.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.75º TCH 50´.
  • ·PAPI Rwy 02 and Rwy 20 opr consly.
  • ·Rwy 20: Addnl obstn 23 ft RR at 740 ft on cntrln, 85 ft trees at 2650 ft on cntrln.
  • ·Cold temperature airport.
  • ·Altitude correction required at or below –16C.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 208-265-2266
  • ·AWOS–2 135.425 (208) 263–3074.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.7 ®SEATTLE CENTER APP/DEP CON 123.95 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Seattle ARTCC at 253-351-3694.
  • ·SPOKANE (VH) (H) VORTACW 115.5 GEG Chan 102 N47º33.90´ W117º37.61´ 030º 61.6 NM to fld. 2756/14E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 007º–022º byd 26 NM blo 7,000´ 029º–041º byd 40 NM 307º–337º byd 30 NM blo 9,000´ 342º–007º byd 18 NM blo 7,000´ 342º–007º byd 25 NM SANDPOE NDB (MHW) 264 SZT N48º17.44´ W116º33.79´ at fld. 2131/14E.
  • ·NDB unusable: 170º–200º byd 20 NM 200º–360º 360º–170º byd 15 NM LOC/DME 109.1 I–RPO Chan 28 Rwy 02.
  • ·SAVAGE FLD (See AMERICAN FALLS on page 32) SHEARER (USFS) (2U5) 0 S UTC–8(–7DT) N45º59.37´ W114º50.48´ 2634 NOTAM FILE BOI RWY 18–36: 2000X15 (TURF) 2.1% up N RWY 18: Hill.
  • ·Inexperienced pilots should use for emergs only.
  • ·Big game animals on and invof arpt.
  • ·Located in narrow winding river canyon.
  • ·Rwy may be soft in spring and late fall.
  • ·Recommend early morning or late evening ops during summer.
  • ·Rwy 18–36 first 300´ of Rwy 18 rough with tall grass.
  • ·Blind apch to Rwy 18, before ldg/tkf call on frequency 122.9, monitor same.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 208-983-9571
  • ·CTAF 122.9 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Salt Lake ARTCC at 801-320-2568.
  • ·SHOSHONE CO (See KELLOGG on page 63) GREAT FALLS H–1D, L–13C GREAT FALLS L–13B GREAT FALLS H–1C, L–13B IAP GREAT FALLS NW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

S86

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NTSB events

10 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

11

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 36,750 ops in 2007

2024 total

30,100

10-yr total

302,470

2024 mix

AC/AT 2% · GA 98% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

9.9

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=3

  • Loss of control 2
  • Hard landing 1

All time · n=10

  • Loss of control 3
  • Undershoot / overshoot 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Other 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Hard landing 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2023-01-29 Piper PA-22 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2021-07-24 Piper J3C-65 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2021-04-03 Cessna 172 · Hard landing · day →
2014-07-08 Piper PA 17 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2013-09-23 Piper PA60 602P · Under/overshoot · day →
2012-08-27 Cessna 172 · Stall / spin · VMC · night →
2008-06-16 Alon A2 · Ground collision · VMC · dusk →
2006-03-16 Cessna 182D · Other · day →
2005-10-21 Cessna 402B · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
1998-05-24 Cessna 150L · 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 33 nm
Douglas Glen Belcher Newman Lake WA 38 nm
Jared Ryan Testa Spokane Valley WA 47 nm
David Lucio Valenti Spokane WA 52 nm
Jay Daniel Bigley Spokane WA 52 nm
Timothy Michael Lewis Spokane WA 52 nm
James Heckman Whitefish MT 89 nm
Michelle Marie Petrina Whitefish MT 89 nm
Perry Lee Brown Kalispell MT 89 nm
Ryan Baer Missoula MT 134 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
Carl Willem De Graaf Ponderay ID 1 nm
Richard Allen Chambers Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Paul Leland Kelly Sandpoint ID 1 nm
George Stennis Moore Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Robert Peter Del Valle Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Corbett Martin Baker Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Wesley Baxter Roche Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Aaron Woodward Roark Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Nicholas Kelly Newby Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Brian Kent Jorgenson Sandpoint ID 1 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
Ronald Joseph Schmidt Ponderay ID 1 nm
Steven Allen Hewitt Ponderay ID 1 nm
Stephen Daniel Ruff Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Tom Edward Tuttle Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Nicholas Kelly Newby Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Dominic Charles Bovey Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Danae Lynn Bovey Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Nolan David Johnson Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Mark Bruyn Kennaly Sandpoint ID 1 nm
Richard Joseph Gendvil Sandpoint ID 1 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Advanced Avionics Solutions, LLC
Hayden, ID
 33 nm
Huey's Aviation Painting
Colville, WA
 55 nm
Pristine Jets
Missoula, MT
 129 nm
Montana Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Cut Bank, MT
 168 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 192 nm
Dustin's Aircraft Maintenance and Upholstery
Great Falls, MT
 217 nm
Cannon Avionics, Inc.
Arlington, WA
 224 nm
Cannon Aircraft Interiors & CAI Avionics
Everett, WA
 230 nm
B&C Quality Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Auburn, WA
 236 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 242 nm

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