# Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD / KBVU)

**Boulder City Municipal Airport** (IATA: BLD, ICAO: KBVU) is a medium airport in Boulder City, Nevada, United States. It opened in Aug 1990. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,103 ft (1,555 m). In 2025 it handled 47 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k61b

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLD / KBVU
- FAA: BVU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Boulder City, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Aug 1990
- Elevation: 2,203 ft / 672 m
- Coordinates: 35.9472, -114.8588
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,103 ft / 1,555 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Passengers: 46,765 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://flybouldercity.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_City_Municipal_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2813736
- Weather station: KBVU
- Ident: K61B

## Timeline

- Aug 1990: Boulder City Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 5,103 ft / 1,555 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | yes |
| 15/33 | 3,852 ft / 1,174 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- 15/33 slopes 2.7%: threshold 33 at 2,099 ft / 640 m, threshold 15 at 2,203 ft / 672 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00612AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 192,557 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 164,490 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 177,429 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 156,104 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 118,913 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 30,877 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 57,809 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 56,144 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 55,050 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 46,765 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from BLD, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (2)

- [GCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgcn.md) Grand Canyon National Park Airport · United States · 152 mi / 244 km · 1,620 passengers · Grand Canyon Airlines
- [PGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpga.md) Page Municipal Airport · United States · 201 mi / 324 km · 3,844 passengers · Grand Canyon Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BLD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- YR [Grand Canyon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grand-canyon-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 47K (2025) | #2,117 of 3,974 | #487 in North America | #331 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,103 ft / 1,555 m | =6,111 of 29,858 | =2,037 in North America | =1,650 in US |
| Elevation | 2,203 ft / 672 m | =7,978 of 43,403 | #3,701 in North America | #2,817 in US |
| Age | Opened 1990 | =9,671 of 15,079 | =7,452 in North America | =7,341 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [LSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klsv.md) Nellis Air Force Base · 22 mi / 36 km
- [VGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvgt.md) North Las Vegas Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [IFP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kifp.md) Laughlin Bullhead International Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [IGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kigm.md) Kingman Airport · 70 mi / 113 km
- [MFH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k67l.md) Mesquite Airport · 76 mi / 122 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k61b/data