Wilson Bar USFS Airport is a public-use U.S. Forest Service airport located eight nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (9 mi

Mile

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, 15 km

Kilometre

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) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Dixie

Dixie, Idaho County, Idaho

Dixie is an unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. Dixie is east-northeast of Riggins.-Airports:The following public-use airports are located near Dixie* Dixie USFS Airport * Wilson Bar USFS Airport...

, in Idaho County

Idaho County, Idaho

Idaho County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 Census the county had a population of 16,267. The county seat is Grangeville...

, Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Nez Perce National Forest

Nez Perce National Forest

The Nez Perce National Forest is located in Idaho County in central western Idaho in the northwestern United States. The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Palouse region, and on the south and west by the Clearwater National Forest. It has a total area of...

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Facilities and aircraft

Wilson Bar USFS Airport covers an area of 5 acres (2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 2,275 feet (693 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 6/24 with a turf

Grass

Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

 surface measuring 1,500 by 50 feet (457 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 24, 2011, the airport had 220 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per month: 91% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 9% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

• Topo map as of 1 July 1987 from USGS The National Map