FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | BLH |
| Lat/Long: | 33-37-09.0000N / 114-43-00.8000W
33-37.150000N / 114-43.013333W
33.6191667 / -114.7168889
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 399.6 ft. / 121.8 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 13E (2005) |
| From city: | 6 miles W of BLYTHE, CA |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 92225 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1940 |
| Sectional chart: | PHOENIX |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | LOS ANGELES CENTER |
| FSS: | RIVERSIDE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | BLH (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0700-1700 |
| Pattern altitude: | 1199.6 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RYS 17/35; 08/26; AND VASI RYS 17, 35 & 26 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT MIRL RYS 17/35; 08/26; AND VASI RYS 17; 35 & 26 - CTAF. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX ASOS: | 120.175 (760-922-3000) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY LOS ANGELES ARTCC (BLYTHE RCAG) ON FREQS 128.15/285.6
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| BLHr044/2.6 | | BLYTHE VORTAC | | 117.40 | | 14E |
| PKEr168/29.0 | | PARKER VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 15E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
| Dimensions: | 6543 x 150 ft. / 1994 x 46 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 80.0 | | Double wheel: | 160.0 | | Double tandem: | 300.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 33-36.996138N | | 33-36.992222N |
| Longitude: | 114-43.663765W | | 114-42.374400W |
| Elevation: | 397.1 ft. | | 395.7 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 077 magnetic, 090 true | | 257 magnetic, 270 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 5800 x 100 ft. / 1768 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 52.0 | | Double wheel: | 76.0 | | Double tandem: | 135.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 33-37.802097N | | 33-36.845852N |
| Longitude: | 114-43.004505W | | 114-43.009045W |
| Elevation: | 399.2 ft. | | 394.3 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 167 magnetic, 180 true | | 347 magnetic, 000 true |
| Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
3403 10TH STREET, SUITE 500
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
Phone 951-955-8916 |
| Manager: | DARYL SHIPPY
3403 10TH STREET, SUITE 500
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
Phone 951-955-9722 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 6 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 4 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 69/day * | | 50% | transient general aviation | | 50% | local general aviation | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2012 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | ACFT OVER 12500 LBS AVOID HOUSING AREA 1.5 NM SW BLO 2000' FINAL APCH RWY 35 BE ESTABD 2 NM FM TOUCHDOWN. |
| - | DEP FM RY 17 MAKE CLIMBING LEFT TURN SOON AS SAFETY PERMITS. USE WIDE TFC PATTERN FOR RYS 26 & 35. |
| - | POWER PLANT 1 MILE EAST OF ARPT PRODUCING THERMAL PLUMES; AVOID LOW ALTITUDE DIRECT OVERFLIGHT OF THE POWER PLANT. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (214KB) |
| VOR/DME RWY 26 | |
download (170KB) |
| VOR/DME-A | |
download (152KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (19KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
P20 - Avi Suquilla Airport (39 nm NE)
KLGF - Laguna Army Airfield (Yuma Proving Ground) (48 nm S)
KCLR - Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport (50 nm SW)
KBWC - Brawley Municipal Airport (55 nm SW)
KNYL - Yuma Marine Corps Air Station/Yuma International Airport (58 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Sungsoo Lee
Photo taken 07-Sep-2010
looking southeast.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Blythe Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 18-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:09 | | 12:09 |
| Sunrise | | 05:37 | | 12:37 |
| Sunset | | 19:34 | | 02:34 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:01 | | 03:01 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 07:47:09 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 18-May-2013 00:47:09 |
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| METAR |
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| KBLH | 180652Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 23/10 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP084 T02280100
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| TAF |
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| KBLH | 180520Z 1806/1906 23012KT P6SM SKC FM180900 20005KT P6SM SKC FM182000 23007KT P6SM SKC
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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