Challis Airport

Challis Airport
Challis Airport
	IATA: CHL; ICAO: KLLJ; FAA LID: 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°N 114.21778°W
Map
	Interactive map of Challis Airport
Runways
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	16,350
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Challis Airport (IATA: CHL, ICAO: KLLJ, FAA LID: LLJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the central business district of Challis, a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

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 Silampari Airport in Indonesia).

Facilities and aircraft

Challis Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 4,600 ft × 60 ft (1,402 m × 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.