Boise Airport

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Boise Airport
Boise Airport-ID-05 July 1998-USGS.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KBOI
IATA code BOI
Coordinates

43 ° 33 '52 "  N , 116 ° 13' 22"  W Coordinates: 43 ° 33 '52 "  N , 116 ° 13' 22"  W.
Height above MSL 875 m (2871  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km south of Boise
Street I84 H20 H26 H30
Local transport Bus :
Valley Ride Route 3
Basic data
opening 1936
operator City of Boise
surface 2023 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 4,111,151 (2019)
Air freight 34,133 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		138,948 (2019)
Employees 15,559 (2009)
Runways
09/27 1524 m × 23 m asphalt
10L / 28R 2976 m × 46 m asphalt
10R / 28L 3048 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Boise Airport ( English Boise Airport ) is an airport in Boise , the capital of the US state Idaho .

Location and transport links

Boise Airport is six kilometers south of downtown Boise. Immediately north of the airport is Interstate 84 , which shares the route with US Highway 30 . In addition, US Highways 20 and 26 merge with Interstate 84 at the east end of the airport.

The Boise Airport is by buses in the public transport involved. The Valley Ride Route 3 runs regularly to the airport.

history

In 1936, the city of Boise began building an airport at the current location, replacing the first airport from 1926. The steel hangar of the airline Varney Airlines was moved from the previous location (now part of the Boise State University campus ) in 1939 and later converted into a reception building.

During World War II , the United States Army Air Corps took over the airport; At times more than 6,000 men were stationed in Boise and were trained on the Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24 models, among other things . In 1946 the airport was completely handed back to the City of Boise.

A new station building was in 1969, 1.5 million dollars (10.4 million US dollars entsprichtet in today's purchasing power) and built in 1979 (cost: 7,000,000 US dollars, 24.6 million US dollars adjusted for inflation) and 2003 (cost: 108 Million dollars; 149.8 million dollars adjusted for inflation) expanded.

In 1968 the Boise Interagency Fire Center was set up at Boise Airport to coordinate the authorities in forest fires . After other authorities were integrated, the National Interagency Fire Center was created in 1993 .

Airlines and Destinations

In 2019, around 4.1 million passengers used Boise Airport, the largest airlines being SkyWest Airlines , Southwest Airlines and Horizon Air . There are scheduled flights to 20 destinations across the United States.

Traffic figures

Source: Boise Airport
Source: Boise Airport
Boise Airport traffic figures 2006-2019
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail )		 Aircraft movements
(with military)
2019 4,111,151 34,133 138,948
2018 3,871,891 34,535 137,459
2017 3,513,377 33,923 124.917
2016 3,230,878 36,485 132.199
2015 2,978,281 40,417 131,974
2014 2,753,153 40.904 127,552
2013 2,612,457 40,342 114,556
2012 2,609,816 39,158 112,769
2011 2,781,708 37,604 121,810
2010 2,805,692 36,301 121,961
2009 2,795,297 33,753 129.004
2008 3,185,006 39,188 145.013
2007 3,365,303 42,574 181.945
2006 3,289,314 43,641 178,970

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Boise (2019)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Seattle / Tacoma , Washington 366,490 Alaska , Delta
02 Denver , Colorado 247.940 Frontier , Southwest , United
03 Salt Lake City , Utah 195.760 delta
04th Portland , Oregon 149.730 Alaska
05 Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona 132,380 American , Southwest
06th Las Vegas , Nevada 102.130 Allegiant , Southwest
07th San Francisco , California 100,500 United
08th Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota 95.010 delta
09 Los Angeles , California 93,140 Alaska, Allegiant, Delta, United
10 Spokane , Washington 87,640 Alaska, Southwest

Web links

Commons : Boise Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. IFlyBoise.com, accessed April 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Commercial Development. IFlyBoise.com, accessed September 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Statistics. IFlyBoise.com, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  4. ^ Economic Development. IFlyBoise.com, accessed September 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Driving Directions. IFlyBoise.com, accessed September 8, 2018 .
  6. ^ Ground Transportation. IFlyBoise.com, accessed September 8, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Boise, ID: Boise Air Terminal (BOI). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed May 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Nonstop Destinations. IFlyBoise.com, accessed May 17, 2020 .