Chamberlain USFS Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox airport | name = Chamberlain USFS Airport | image = File:2017 08 17-20.36.05.122-CDT.jpg | FAA = U79 | type = Public | owner = U.S. Forest Service | operator = | city-served = Chamberlain Guard Station, Idaho | location =  | elevation-f = 5,765 | elevation-m = 1,757 | pushpin_map = USA Idaho | coordinates = {{coord|45|22|45|N|115|11|48|W|region:US-ID_type:airport_scale:10000}} | website = | r1-number = 7/25 | r1-length-f = 4,100 | r1-length-m = 1,250 | r1-surface = Turf/dirt | r2-number = 15/33 | r2-length-f = 2,700 | r2-length-m = 823 | r2-surface = Turf | stat-year = 2009 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations | stat1-data = 4,000 | footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=U79|use=PU|own=PU|site=04170.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.</ref> }}

'''Chamberlain USFS Airport''' {{airport codes|||U79}} is a public use airport located at Chamberlain Guard Station, in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. The airport is owned by the U.S. Forest Service.<ref name="FAA" /> It is located near Chamberlain Creek<ref>{{cite web | url = http://itd.idaho.gov/aero/Facility%20Directory/launchAirportData.asp?value=U79 | title = Chamberlain Basin USFS (U79) | work = Airport Facility Directory | publisher = Idaho Transportation Department | accessdate = 26 September 2010 | url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101129203757/http://itd.idaho.gov/aero/Facility%20Directory/launchAirportData.asp?value=U79 | archivedate = 29 November 2010 }}</ref> in the Payette National Forest.

== Facilities and aircraft == Chamberlain USFS Airport covers an area of {{convert|55|acre|ha}} at an elevation of 5,765 feet (1,757 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 7/25 is 4,100 by 200 feet (1,250 x 61 m) with a turf and dirt surface and 15/33 is 2,700 by 140 feet (823 x 43 m) with a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending September 24, 2009, the airport had 4,000 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 62.5% general aviation and 37.5% air taxi.<ref name="FAA" />

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Idaho|Aviation}}}} *List of airports in Idaho *List of airports in the United States

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== External links == * [https://itd.idaho.gov/aero/ Idaho Division of Aeronautics] * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lat=45.3791&lon=-115.1968&w=700&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Topo map as of 1 July 1974] from USGS ''The National Map'' * [https://idahoaviation.com/resources/idaho-airstrip-network/ Idaho Airstrip Network] * {{US-airport-minor|U79}} {{Commons category}}

Category:Airports in Idaho Category:Buildings and structures in Idaho County, Idaho Category:United States Forest Service Category:Transportation in Idaho County, Idaho