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    Description

    This airstrip is located on top of a cliff to the west of the Dirty Devil airstrip.  This strip is reported to be rough and short with sections of the runway that are unusable on the NW end.

    This strip has been compared with Idaho's infamous Mile Hi and should be considered very dangerous and only suitable for big tired, high-performance bush planes and pilots with big skills and even bigger "tires".

    Runway
    • Length

      819

    • Width

      20

    • Surface

      SAND

    Details
    • Facility ID

      No ID 064

    • Elevation

      4721

    • CTAF

      122.9

    • State

      UT

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    Location

    Lat: 38.10160400000 , Long: -110.39723400000 - UTAH, USA

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    • Recreational
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    • Mountains
    • Desert
    • Canyon
    Region
    • Northwest Mountain
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    • Public
    Author
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    mood_bad
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    • Landing Poison Spring Airstrip (clip) | Utah Backcountry

      Landing Poison Spring Airstrip (clip) | Utah Backcountry

      Putting this out for two reasons.. as a reference for anyone else thinking of landing there, this will show what is involved, and also as a little preview video to my full Utah adventure that is ~28min and will be uploaded on Monday hopefully. (Soon). Poison Spring is rated as the most hazardous / difficult strip in Utah. My thoughts are that you need fairly large tires and landing gear that can take the rough / roller coaster section through the middle. If you can land fairly slow/short, and have the right gear, it's not too big of a deal. Large/fast airplanes are gong to have a real hard time maneuvering the tight canyon wall and getting stopped without damaging the gear. Depending on the plane, this can go from not too bad - to straight up broken! Thanks for watching... the full video is coming together really well, excited to get it posted soon!
    • Poison Spring

      Poison Spring

      Departure from Poison Spring airstrip, Utah
    • Poison Spring Airstrip part 1

      Poison Spring Airstrip part 1

      The most hazardous airstrip in Utah (or so they say). I would have to agree that it's pretty bad.

      The right airplane, right pilot, right conditions - definitely landable.

      Did find some broken airplane parts on the airstrip for those who are brave and want to land there "just because". Looked like a fiberglass spinner.
    • Poison Spring Airstrip

      Poison Spring Airstrip

      Part two. Shows further down the strip.
    • Poison Spring

      Poison Spring

      This is rated as THE most difficult strip in "Fly Utah.”

      "It's short, it's ugly, it's chopped up with unusable sections, it's got dips and humps, it's got blow sand, brush, cactus, slick rock and, oh yeah, it's got a 1,000-foot vertical drop off the approach and a 1,000-foot vertical cliff on the end. Sound almost impossible? You're starting to get the picture."

      - Galen Hanselman - FLY UTAH

      Todd Peterson in his KING KATMAI does Poison Spring the hard way ... from the direction of the canyon wall.
    • Poison spring abort

      Poison spring abort

      Created with the #GoPro App on my iPhone.
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