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Boise Airport (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI), also known as Boise Air Terminal or
Gowen Field , is a commercial and general aviation airport located three miles
(five km) south of downtown Boise in Ada County, Idaho, USA. The airport is
operated by the city of Boise Department of Aviation and Public Transportation
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 on the field.
In addition to being a commercial and general aviation airport, Boise also sees
usage by the Idaho Air National Guard on the Gowen Field portion of the airport.
The National Interagency Fire Center is based in the city of Boise and the Boise
Airport is used for logistical support. The United States Forest Service also
uses Boise Airport as a base for aerial firefighting air tankers during the
wildfire season.
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, 80 years as of 2006. This
airfield also played host to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis on
September 4, 1927.
The current airport has its origins in 1936 when Boise began buying and leasing
land for the airport. By 1938, Boise had the longest runway in the United States
at that time, 8,800 feet (2,680 m). The steel hangar for Varney Airlines was
moved to the present field in 1939. As the size of aircraft grew, the hangar was
no longer able to hold aircraft and was converted into a passenger terminal. It
was part of the modern terminal facility until the completion of a new terminal
in 2004.
During World War II, the Army Air Corps leased the field for use a training base
for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bomber crews. More than 6,000 men
were stationed there during the War.
The field was named Gowen Field on July 23, 1941 after Lt. Paul R. Gowen
(1909-1938), who was born and raised in Caldwell, attended the University of
Idaho, and graduated ninth in his class at West Point in 1933. Gowen was killed
instantly in a crash in Panama in July 1938 while piloting a twin-engine B-10
bomber for the Army Air Corps. The right engine failed shortly after take-off
from Albrook Field, near Panama City. The other two crew members, navigator and
radio operator, survived and crawled from the wreckage with burns.
After the war, the portion of the field used by the Air Corps was returned to
the city. The Idaho Air National Guard began leasing the airfield after the war
and continues to lease it currently.
The Boise Airport was ranked fourth in passenger satisfaction in the J.D. Power
and Associates 2004 Global Airport Satisfaction Index Study.
The Boise Airport serves as a focus city for Big Sky Airlines.
Facilities
Boise Airport covers 5,000 acres (20 km2) and has two runways:
Runway 10L/28R: 10,000 x 150 feet (3,048 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt, Weight
capacity: 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg)/single wheel; VASI system
Runway 10R/28L: 9,763 x 150 feet (2,976 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt, Weight
capacity: 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg)/single wheel; VASI, ILS/DME
Boise Airport is home base to 257 aircraft of which 19 are jets, 21 are
helicopters and 47 are military aircraft. It averages 474 flights a day with 23%
being commercial flights and 9% being military flights. In 2005, over 3 million
passengers passed through the Boise airport.
The airport can handle minor maintenance and repairs through fixed base
operators Jackson Jet Center, Turbo Air and Western Aircraft.
Law enforcement at the airport is handled by the 25 member Boise Airport Police
Department who are assisted by part-time officers from other departments and 5
K-9 units trained in explosive detection.
C-130s parked on the ramp at Gowen Field.
Gowen Field
Gowen Field primarily refers to the military facilities on the south side of the
runways, which includes Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and reserve
units of the Army, Navy, and Marines. The field is home to the 124th Wing, Idaho
Air National Guard which is made up of two flying squadrons and 12 support
units. The aircraft based at Gowen are the A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support
attack aircraft (190th Fighter Squadron) and the C-130 Hercules transport
aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
A number of scheduled airline flights pass through Boise. In addition to
airlines, there are several charter companies that operate out of Boise.
Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
Horizon Air (Idaho Falls, Los Angeles, Lewiston, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San
Jose (CA), San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane)
Big Sky Airlines (Billings, Bozeman, Jackson Hole, Missoula)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Salt Lake City)
Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Los Angeles)
Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
ExpressJet Airlines (Ontario, San Diego)
Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Denver) [begins December 1,
2007]
Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air (Denver) [ends November 30, 2007]
Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Salmon Air (McCall, Salmon)
Southwest Airlines (Las Vegas, Oakland, Portland (OR), Reno/Tahoe, Salt Lake
City, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane)
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco)
United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San
Francisco)
US Airways
US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
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