North Idaho Transportation

Airports

Bus Services

  • Benewah Area Transit  (208)245-4576
  • CityLink  (208)1-877-941-RIDE www.idahocitylink.com
  • Lake City Transportation  (208)660-3317
  • North Idaho Community Express
  •     Coeur d’Alene  (208)664-9769
  •     Sandpoint  (208)263-7287
  • OmniBus Shuttle  (208)667-6664
  • Silver Valley Transportation  (208)682-3550
  • White Tail Transportation  (208)263-1018

Taxi Cabs/Airport Shuttle

  • Bonner Cab Co.  (208)263-7626
  • CdA Cab  (208)667-9000
  • Coeur d’Alene PediCab  (208)664-2227
  • Lakeside Taxi  (208)704-0151
  • Payless Airport Shuttle  (208)762-7433
  • Ride Away Right Away  (208)777-1090
  • Safe Ride Taxi/Silver Valley  (208)512-3265
  • Sunset Taxi  (208)664-8000
 

Getting Here

The upper region of the state has easy access via Interstate 90, which runs from Lookout Pass on the Montana border to Spokane, Washington, on the west. The major north-south access is U.S. Highway 95, which stretches from Boise to the Canadian border. The Coeur d’Alene Airport Pappy Boyington Field at Hayden provides charter and private air service with the capacity to land 34-seat passenger planes. Spokane International Airport (GEG) is about 45 minutes west off I-90. There are vans, taxis, rental cars and shuttles available from both airports. Amtrak and Greyhound give passengers a scenic view while en route. Amtrak passes through North Idaho to Sandpoint on Lake Pend Oreille which is just 40 minutes from Coeur d’Alene or you may use the service to Spokane from Seattle and Minneapolis. Greyhound buslines provide daily service to most North Idaho communities.

Day trips into Canada are popular. To enter Canada from Idaho, travelers go through customs at Kings Gate on U.S. Highway 95 across from Eastport or at Rykerts on State Highway 2 across from Porthill. Both are ports of entry into the province of British Columbia; Kings Gate is on the way to Cranbrook, and Rykerts is just before Creston. The Kings Gate customs office is open 24 hours a day year-round including holidays, while Rykerts is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time

Passports are required for U.S. citizens entering Canada.

Beyond the lakes, mountain and rivers are the small towns and cities which are home to young families, retirees, professionals, farmers, ranchers and everything in between. The North Idaho lifestyle is as diverse as the communities which you’ll find profiled on this site.

Mileage from Coeur d'Alene to:

Baker via Hwy 28 327 Missoula 174
Banff, Alberta 318 Moses Lake 137
Bayview 20 Moscow 85
Billings, MT 522 Nelson, BC 183
Boise  398 Opportunity 28
Bonners Ferry 84 Pasco  171
Bozeman  389 Pocatello, ID    526
Burns    434 Portland (via Pasco) 396
Butte, MT    292 Pullman 95
Calgary    419 Reno  804
Colfax    93 Salt Lake City    689
Coulee Dam    118 Sandpoint    46
Colville    120 San Francisco 897
Cranbrook, BC 153 Seattle 305
Ellensburg    200 Spokane    33
Eugene    496 St. Maries    47
Grand Forks  1106 Sun Valley    481
Great Falls  343 Tri-Cities, WA  174
Helena    290 Twin Falls, ID 532
Idaho Falls    478 Vancouver, BC 467
Kellogg    37 Walla Walla    191
Klamath Falls 564 Wallace    61
La Grand    289 Wenatchee    202
Lewiston    119 Winnemucca 634
Lethbridge  369 Yakima  235