Boulder City Municipal Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Boulder City Municipality | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Boulder City, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,203 ft / 671 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°56′50″N 114°51′37″W / 35.94722°N 114.86028°WCoordinates: 35°56′50″N 114°51′37″W / 35.94722°N 114.86028°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | flybouldercity |
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| Aircraft operations | 100,025 |
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| Based aircraft | 234 |
Boulder City Municipal Airport (IATA: BLD, ICAO: KBVU, FAA LID: BVU, formerly 61B) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) 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 (enplanements) 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 (which assigned BVU to Beluga Airport in Beluga, Alaska).
Boulder City Municipal Airport replaced Boulder City Airport that started out as Bullock Airport.
On March 19, 2009 the Boulder City Aerocenter, a new 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) terminal, opened to service Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Grand Canyon Airlines and Scenic Airlines.
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