# Blythe Airport (BLH / KBLH)

**Blythe Airport** (IATA: BLH, ICAO: KBLH) is a medium airport in Blythe, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,543 ft (1,994 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLH / KBLH
- FAA: BLH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Blythe, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 400 ft / 122 m
- Coordinates: 33.6192, -114.7170
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,543 ft / 1,994 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blythe_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597826
- Weather station: KBLH
- Ident: KBLH

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Blythe Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 6,543 ft / 1,994 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 17/35 | 5,800 ft / 1,768 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · United States · 168 mi / 271 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,543 ft / 1,994 m | #4,027 of 29,858 | #977 in North America | #739 in US |
| Elevation | 400 ft / 122 m | #29,120 of 43,403 | #13,704 in North America | #11,520 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.175 |
| CNTR | LOS ANGELES CNTR | 128.150 |
| RDO | RIVERSIDE RDO | 122.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Blythe Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blythe_Airport&oldid=1364155094), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kblh/data