# Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (BLU / KBLU)

**Blue Canyon Nyack Airport** (IATA: BLU, ICAO: KBLU) is a small airport in Emigrant Gap, California, United States. It opened in May 1941. It has one runway, 3,300 ft (1,006 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLU / KBLU
- FAA: BLU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Emigrant Gap, California, United States
- Opened: May 1941
- Elevation: 5,284 ft / 1,610 m
- Coordinates: 39.2750, -120.7100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 ft / 1,006 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Canyon%E2%80%93Nyack_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597798
- Weather station: KBLU
- Ident: KBLU

## Timeline

- May 1941: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  |  |

- 15/33 slopes 1.1%: threshold 33 at 5,246 ft / 1,599 m, threshold 15 at 5,283 ft / 1,610 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | =13,435 of 29,858 | =5,554 in North America | =4,661 in US |
| Elevation | 5,284 ft / 1,610 m | #1,669 of 43,403 | #855 in North America | #642 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.075 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

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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)
- [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/kblu/data