Boise Airport (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI, FAA LID: BOI) (Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field) is a joint civil-military airport three miles south of Boise in Ada County, Idaho. The airport is operated by the city of Boise Department of Aviation and is overseen by an Airport Commission.
Boise is a landing rights airfield requiring international general aviation flights to receive permission from a Customs and Border Protection officer before landing.
BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FIELD HISTORY
In 1926 the first municipal airport in Boise was built on a gravel bed where the Boise State University campus now stands. The first commercial airmail flight in the United States passed through this airfield on April 26, 1926, carried by Varney Airlines. Varney Airlines began operating out of Boise in 1933, later merging with National Air Transport to become United Airlines. With United Airlines able to trace its roots to Varney, United is recognized as the airline that has operated the longest out of Boise, 83 years as of 2009. This airfield also played host to Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis on September 4, 1927.
BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FIELD LOCATION
Boise Airport (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI, FAA LID: BOI) (Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field) is a joint civil-military airport three miles south of Boise in Ada County, Idaho.
BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FIELD FACTS
ICAO/IATA: BOI/KBOI
Lat: 43.56439971923828
Long: -116.22299957275391
Elevation: 2871 ft.
Runway length available: 09/27 5000×75 ft. :: 10R/28L 9763×150 ft. :: 10L/28R 10000×150 ft.
