There is a really cool old map in the Geology building here at Boise State that has old airports listed on it. I have looked up a few of them and have found nothing in history. I was just curious if anyone has ever heard of them? They are all in SE Idaho.

By the looks of them they haven't been used for a very long time...but there aren't any X's



Cliffs Landing Strip: 5002 feet 42.640ºN 116.986ºW

Riddle Airport: 5346 feet 42.184ºN 116.115ºW

Triangle Airstrip: 5094 feet 42.788ºN 116.637ºW

This site has been around a while:

http://www.lostairports.com/

Interesting to see how many airports have been lost.

Here is another one. There may be some duplication.
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/ID/Airfields_ID.htm

I ran across those sites when I was looking for info about the above mentioned strips. They are very interesting but I could not find any info on the strips I was interested in.

Jon,
Riddle is down toward the Owyhee, Duck Valley airstrip if flying from Nampa. The grade is still there and wouldn't take too much to be back in backcountry status, but is overgrown with sagebrush. Don't think you would even land tundra tires there. I had a gal from the store there into my "shop" about two years ago. She told me that people wanting to do ranch business landed on the road without problem. She mentioned having sandwiches and such, but I haven't headed that way in a long time. Sounds like a reason to do some flying??
I have heard of the Triangle stip in name only. Have a friend who goes there often. Will have to ask.

I've scoped all three at one time.

Triangle will have a river running through it during melt in the spring. Don't know during the summer. It is actually a pretty area in there on top of the Owyhee's. Just west of there it get's fairly timbered with cool rock cliffs.

Landed at Riddle.....on 31's in a Super C. It had huge clumped grass and sagebrush and I think ant mounds. But it's there.

Cliff's is now mostly a fenced in corral area. There is some remaining runway on the west end I believe. But it's like 500' or so.

There are some more as well;
One just up the hill to the S.W. from Murphy Hot Springs. Sage covered and tracked from cattle, still has the windsock stand though!
Another just north of the border between Murphy Hot springs and Riddle. Same deal, fairly sage covered.
Another northeast of Murphy Hot Springs with cross runways. Same sage covered.
Also an old strip just southwest of Bruneau and another on the snake river south of Mountain Home airbase about 5.5 miles.
There are also two within a couple of miles of each other just west of Murphy (not hot springs) in the owyhee foothills.
Another down on the snake river west of mountain home in the bottom on the south shore (an old ag strip).
Also one just south of Grandview about four miles that runs N-S.
There is also one just south of the dam at the Anderson ranch reservoir about two miles. It was about 1600' and now sage covered. Runs NE-SW north of the road. Between it and Fairfield is the Tracy strip as well. Rough as hell but I land to wiz once in a while. I've landed the 206 there so it can't be that bad.
And one north of magic reservoir called moon stone (has X's) with one over the hill towards Sluders with a windsock pole real close to the runway (no sock).
There is also one south of the wildhorse reservoir in NV. and on just SW of Owyhee NV airport that is a ranch strip.
Also another east of Jackpot up on a mesa near the UT/NV border on Goose creek.
And one just north of Kelton pass on the ID/UT border at the old site of Strevell.
Those are some of the more "obscure" strips I know of around us. Hope it helps.

That's what I was looking for. Don't really want to ask about the legality of landing at these places...looks like a strip and has no X's...must be a strip

Sounds like there is some scouting to do while the north country is under snow.

G3, are you sure Triangle be a river in the spring? It looks like the strip is now part of a road on google earth.

The road would probably be better.
the strip is south of the road and is bordered by the road on the north. When I went by they both had water running over them.