At Tributary, arrival isn’t a checkpoint, it’s the beginning of everything.
Just ten minutes after touching down at Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport (KDIJ), members can be unzipping a fly rod, pulling on golf shoes, or clinking glasses at the Eddy Bar. No crowded terminals, no long commutes, just a direct glide from cabin door to home base in one of the most scenic and soul-filling corners of the Mountain West.
That seamless transition is more than convenience; it’s quality of life. It’s one of the many reasons private aviation feels like such a natural complement to the Tributary lifestyle.
KDIJ is discreet but incredibly capable, with a 7,300-foot runway that handles everything from gliders to Gulfstreams. Teton Aviation Center, the on-site FBO, offers all the essential ground support, heated hangars, fuel, charter services, de-icing, and FAA certified mechanics. But the real luxury isn’t what’s happening on the tarmac, it’s what happens next.
While the airport team tops off your tank and arranges your next charter, Tributary ensures that a car is waiting just steps from the plane. Within minutes, you’re pulling through the gates, windows down, and air already shifting from altitude to alpine.
And if you fly yourself? Avjet Avionics, an FAA certified repair station on-site, offers full avionics service and installations from leading brands like Garmin and Aspen. The airport is also home to a local flight school, scenic flight tours, and aircraft rentals for those eager to see the Tetons from above.
But even with those amenities, the airport’s greatest value is personal. It’s how a short hop from Scottsdale or San Francisco becomes a Friday afternoon tee time. How a spontaneous mountain weekend doesn’t require a day of travel. It’s how arrival melts into experience.
And like the best things in Teton Valley, KDIJ is part of the community. Home to a local EAA chapter and a rotating Warbirds collection, the airport hosts family friendly events like Young Eagles Day and summer movie nights in the hangar. It supports regional search and rescue efforts, humanitarian flights, and emergency medical response year round.
Still, for those who call Tributary home, its value is measured not in takeoff stats or runway lengths, but in the minutes saved and the memories made. Because here, the moment your wheels touch down, the good stuff begins.
Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport Quick Facts
- The airport provides services for emergency medical transportation (Air Idaho Rescue is based here), humanitarian aid, pet rescues, military training, search and rescue operations, and hot air balloons flights.
- Airport operations began in 1949 with installation of a federally funded grass strip. A grant from the Federal Aviation Administration paid for the first pavement in 1975.
- The City of Driggs owns the airport. The mayor and Driggs council members nominate and appoint members to an airport board to provide governance, with an airport manager to oversee operations.
- The code for Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport is KDIJ / DIJ.
- The facility includes a seasonal grass runway used by glider pilots and backcountry flight groups.