Nonstop flight route between Boise, Idaho, United States and South Lake Tahoe, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Boise Airport (BOI), Boise, Idaho, United States and Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL), South Lake Tahoe, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 377 miles (or 607 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 Boise Airport and Lake Tahoe Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Boise Airport (BOI):

• Boise Airport (BOI) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Boise Airport", other names for BOI include "Boise Air Terminal" and "Gowen Field".
• The closest airport to Boise Airport (BOI) is Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSE of BOI.
• The Boise Airport Passenger Terminal designed by CSHQA is a three-story, steel-framed 378,000-square-foot state-of-the-art aviation facility.
• The furthest airport from Boise Airport (BOI) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,843 miles (17,451 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• On January 4, 2008, city officials broke ground for Boise Air Terminal's latest improvement, a new air traffic control tower.
• The current airport has its origins in 1936 when Boise began buying and leasing land for the airport.
• Gowen Field Air National Guard Base primarily refers to the military facilities on the south side of the runways, which includes Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and reserve units of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

Facts about Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL):

• This high elevation airport in the Sierra Nevada just south of Lake Tahoe opened in 1959 with a 5900-ft runway.
• The furthest airport from Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,214 miles (18,048 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Airlines in bold flew jets to Lake Tahoe.
• The closest airport to Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) is Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ENE of TVL.
• Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Lake Tahoe area is currently served by Reno-Tahoe International Airport and Sacramento International Airport.
• In 1999 Casino Express Airlines operating as Tahoe Air started low fare Boeing 737-200s nonstop to San Jose and Los Angeles.
• The ban on airline jets then ended, and jet flights resumed in 1983 on AirCal McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and later Boeing 737-300s.
• Because of Lake Tahoe Airport's high elevation of 6,264 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TVL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TVL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.