Boulder City Municipal Airport


Boulder City Municipal Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Boulder City, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Boulder City Municipality.
As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 300,553 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 194,838 in 2009, and 169,923 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Boulder City Municipal Airport is assigned BVU by the FAA and BLD by the IATA.

History

Boulder City Municipal Airport replaced Boulder City Airport that started out as Bullock Airport.
On March 19, 2009 the Boulder City Aerocenter, a new terminal, opened to service Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Grand Canyon Airlines and Scenic Airlines.

Facilities and aircraft

Boulder City Municipal Airport covers an area of 530 acres at an elevation of 2,203 feet above mean sea level. It has three runways with asphalt surfaces: 9L/27R is 2,166 by 60 feet ; 9R/27L is 4,803 by 75 feet ; 15/33 is 3,852 by 75 feet.
For the 12-month period ending February 1, 2011, the airport had 100,025 aircraft operations, an average of 274 per day: 70% air taxi, 30% general aviation, and <1% military. At that time there were 234 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 13% helicopter, 9% multi-engine, 1% ultralight, and <1% jet.

Airlines and destinations

Sightseeing tours of the Grand Canyon are operated by Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Las Vegas Helicopters, Scenic Airlines and 5 Star Helicopter Tours.

Statistics

RankDestinationPassengers
1Peach Springs Airport 18,360
2Grand Canyon National Park Airport 11,380