Nonstop flight route between Blythe, California, United States and Boise, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Blythe Airport (BLH), Blythe, California, United States and Boise Airport (BOI), Boise, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 692 miles (or 1,114 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Blythe Airport and Boise Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BLH / KBLH |
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| Location: | Blythe, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°36'52"N by 114°42'47"W |
| Area Served: | Blythe, California |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Riverside |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 399 feet (122 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BLH |
| More Information: | BLH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOI / KBOI |
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| Location: | Boise, Idaho, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°33'51"N by 116°13'22"W |
| Area Served: | Boise, Idaho |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2871 feet (875 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOI |
| More Information: | BOI Maps & Info |
Facts about Blythe Airport (BLH):
- Blythe Airport (BLH) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Blythe Airport", another name for BLH is "(former Blythe Army Air Field)".
- Blythe Army Air Field later became a sub-base of Muroc Army Air Field on 30 June 1945, and was inactivated on 18 October 1945, although during October–December 1946, the 477th Composite Group used the airfield for desert maneuvers, flying B-25 Mitchells.
- Blythe Airport was established by the Civil Aeronautics Administration in the late 1930s as an emergency landing field on the Los Angeles to Phoenix airway.
- In addition to the main facility at Blythe, several auxiliary airfields were built.
- The closest airport to Blythe Airport (BLH) is Laguna Army Airfield (LGF), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SSE of BLH.
- Today a modern airport has been built on the site of the former wartime airfield.
- Because of Blythe Airport's relatively low elevation of 399 feet, planes can take off or land at Blythe Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Blythe Airport (BLH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,472 miles (18,462 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Boise Airport (BOI):
- In addition to being known as "Boise Airport", other names for BOI include "Boise Air Terminal" and "Gowen Field".
- The furthest airport from Boise Airport (BOI) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,843 miles (17,451 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- During World War II the Army Air Corps, later Army Air Forces, leased the field for use a training base for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bomber crews.
- In addition to scheduled airlines, there are several charter companies that operate out of Boise.
- Boise Airport (BOI) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Boise Airport (BOI) is Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSE of BOI.
- In 1926 the first municipal airport in Boise named Booth Field was built on a gravel bed where the Boise State University campus now stands.
- The airport can handle minor maintenance and repairs through fixed base operators Jackson Jet Center, Turbo Air and Western Aircraft.
- The Boise Airport witnessed 1,307,505 enplaned passengers in 2012, a reduction from the 2011 enplanement figure of 1,395,554 passengers.
