Sandpoint Airport is a county-owned public-use
airport
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in the
northwest
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United States
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, located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the
central business district
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of
Sandpoint
Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 9,777 as of the 2022 census.
Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products, light manufacturing, tourism, recre ...
in
Bonner County,
Idaho
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.
The airport is also known as Dave Wall Field.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA and
IATA
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, this airport is assigned SZT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SZT to
San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport in
Mexico
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Great Circle Mapper: SZT / MMSC - San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México
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Facilities and aircraft
Sandpoint Airport covers an area of at an elevation
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of above mean sea level
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. It has one asphalt
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* Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...
paved runway
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designated 2/20 which measures .general aviation
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and 1% air taxi
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History
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. At that time there were 85 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine
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, 13% multi-engine, 2% helicopter
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and 1% jet.
See also
* List of airports in Idaho
This is a list of airports in Idaho (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that w ...
References
External links
Sandpoint Airport
page at Idaho Transportation Department
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Airports in Idaho
Buildings and structures in Bonner County, Idaho
Transportation in Bonner County, Idaho
Airport
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