FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 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) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **CHANGED** | |
download (133KB) |
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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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 16-Oct-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:20 | | 13:20 |
| Sunrise | | 06:45 | | 13:45 |
| Sunset | | 18:03 | | 01:03 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:29 | | 01:29 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 16-Oct-2013 12:06:23 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 16-Oct-2013 05:06:23 |
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| METAR |
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| KBLH | 161052Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 18/M03 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01831033
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| TAF |
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| KBLH | 160521Z 1606/1706 34012KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 1614/1618 35012G18KT
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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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