Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport (ICAO: KDIJ, FAA LID: DIJ, formerly U59) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Driggs, a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KDIJ FAA LID: DIJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Driggs
Serves	Driggs, Idaho
Elevation AMSL	6,229 ft / 1,899 m
Coordinates	43°44′33″N 111°05′51″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 7,300 2,225 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Aircraft operations 8,000 Based aircraft 90
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned DIJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned DIJ to Dijon Airport in Dijon, France[4]).

Facilities and aircraft operations

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport covers an area of 184 acres (74 ha) at an elevation of 6,229 feet (1,899 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,300 by 100 feet (2,225 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2013, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 86.3% general aviation and 13.7% air taxi. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 12% jet, 2% helicopter and 11% glider.[1]

References

External links

• Driggs–Reed Memorial (DIJ) at Idaho Transportation Department
• Teton Aviation Center, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
• Aerial image as of 23 July 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for DIJ, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for DIJ
  • AirNav airport information for KDIJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures