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WARM SPRINGS CREEK, ID

Warm Springs Airport is a beautiful grass airstrip with onsite camping and a nearby hot springs. The runway…

44.14222222222, -115.31405555556

MC CALL MUNI, ID

The McCall airport is neither short, nor a 'backcountry' strip, but it is one of the most popular stops…

44.88872222222, -116.10175

KRASSEL USFS, ID

A dramatic, unforgiving bluff-top strip carved out of the Idaho wilderness.

44.97422222222, -115.72975

MAHONEY CREEK USFS, ID

A remote USFS bluff-top strip perched above one of Idaho's most spectacular wilderness river corridors, offering backcountry pilots a taste of the Frank Church without the most extreme technical demands.

44.74458333333, -114.92138888889

BEAR TRAP, ID

A remote turf strip in Idaho's high desert, valued more as an emergency refuge near Craters of the Moon than as a destination in its own right.

42.97533333333, -113.35075

MOOSE CREEK USFS, ID

Moose Creek is the crown jewel of Idaho's backcountry airstrips — wild, remote, and utterly unforgettable.

46.124781, -114.923095

MURPHY, ID

13U is a small paved airstrip serving Murphy, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho. It is 2500 feet…

43.21594444444, -116.54836111111

CLEAR CREEK INT, ID

Clear Creek International is a private airstrip located about 8 miles south of Kooskia, Idaho. Landings are…

46.04892222222, -115.86986111111

PEACH STATE, GA

Great little grass roots airport in the heart of central Georgia. More information here:…

33.18345305556, -84.37159027778

GRAHAM USFS, ID

A rugged gem at the headwaters of the North Fork, where Idaho's mining past and backcountry aviation meet.

43.95517833333, -115.27259111111