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KU81 · Cold Meadows US Forest Service Airport

ICAO · US · 3 NTSB events

ID KU81 FAA U81 Elev 7,030 ft Lat 45° 17.69' N Lon 114° 56.73' 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: 4,550 ft. Max gradient: 0.55%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 180° 4,550 ft 90 ft GRS No 0.55%
34 360° 4,550 ft 90 ft GRS No 0.55%

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 · 2 frequencies

  • CTAF CTAF 122.900
  • CNTR SALT LAKE CITY CNTR 128.050

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KU81 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 15 not yet translated

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

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (15 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC SALT LAKE ARTCC AT 801-320-2568.
  • ·VERY HIGH DENSITY ALT FACTOR DURING SUMMER MONTHS.
  • ·RODENT ACTIVITY ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • ·BE ADVISED USFS RECOMMENDS LEFT TURNOUT DOWN COTTON WOOD CREEK AFTER DEPARTING RY 16.
  • ·NO TELEPHONE AVBL AT ARPT.
  • ·RY MAY BE SOFT IN EARLY SPRING.
  • ·RUBBER WATER BAR STRIPS ON RY.
  • ·BIG GAME ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK ON & INVOF RY.
  • ·WHEN WIND CONDS PERMIT LND RWY 34; DEP RWY 16.
  • ·RWY 16/34 FIRST 500 FT OF RWY 34 VERY ROUGH.
  • ·ONLY 20 FT - CTR PTN OF RWY LEN IS DIRT & USED FOR TKOF & LDG.
  • ·UNPAINTED ROCK BDRY MKRS.
  • ·RWY 16 +35 FT TREES AT 10 FT ON CNTRLN; +30 FT TREES AT 5 FT 50 FT LEFT. 125 FT TIMBERED RIDGE AT 350 FT & 200 FT LEFT.
  • ·A WALL OF 35 FT+ TALL TREES LCTD AT 0 FT ON CNTRLN.
  • ·ESTABD PRIOR TO 31 DEC 1958.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

USFS

Source: OurAirports community

NTSB events

3 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=3

  • Stall / spin 1
  • Other 1
  • Loss of control 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1985-08-06 Piper PA-28-235 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1982-10-08 Cessna 206 · Other · day →
1982-09-30 Piper PA-12 · Loss of control · 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
Robert Milton Briggs Garden Valley ID 85 nm
Ryan Baer Missoula MT 102 nm
Timothy Franklin Mead Missoula MT 102 nm
Erick Paradizo Rivera Emmett ID 108 nm
Brian Jay-Scott Gaines Eagle ID 111 nm
Arlyn E Miller Boise ID 114 nm
Joshua Slowik Boise ID 114 nm
Scott Theodore Curtis Boise ID 114 nm
Gregory Herbert Meridian ID 119 nm
Brandon Silvey Caldwell ID 123 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
Gregory Tucker Eastwood Carmen ID 44 nm
Stanley Roy Churches Salmon ID 45 nm
Siegfried Wolfgang Kirchner Salmon ID 45 nm
Richard Kneale Williams Salmon ID 45 nm
Michael Jay Hart Salmon ID 45 nm
Timothy Ray Vennell Salmon ID 45 nm
Todd Allen Walchli Salmon ID 45 nm
Thomas Edward Buker Salmon ID 45 nm
James Christian O'Connor Salmon ID 45 nm
Levi Ross Pakuer Salmon ID 45 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
Daniel Francis Rusak Dixie ID 25 nm
James Webster Strong North Fork ID 34 nm
Michael Charles Haskins North Fork ID 34 nm
J Arnold Fischer Elk City ID 38 nm
David Michael Shallow Salmon ID 45 nm
Timothy Ray Vennell Salmon ID 45 nm
Levi Quentin Bryan Salmon ID 45 nm
Michael Dean Carpenter Salmon ID 45 nm
James Blackwell Crawford Jr Salmon ID 45 nm
Samuel A Hovey Salmon ID 45 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Pristine Jets
Missoula, MT
 104 nm
Skyline Aircraft Maintenance
Nampa, ID
 123 nm
JL Aerospace
Three Forks, MT
 146 nm
Million Air Bozeman
Belgrade, MT
 162 nm
Pristine Jets
Belgrade, MT
 162 nm
Advanced Avionics Solutions, LLC
Hayden, ID
 168 nm
Dustin's Aircraft Maintenance and Upholstery
Great Falls, MT
 205 nm
Montana Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Cut Bank, MT
 225 nm
Huey's Aviation Painting
Colville, WA
 229 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 246 nm

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