Blythe Airport
BLH · KBLH · Blythe, California · Riverside County · map
Blythe Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Riverside, 6 miles west of Blythe, California, 400 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,543 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and 2 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,595 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Blythe Airport?
Its FAA code is BLH, and its ICAO code is KBLH.
Where is Blythe Airport?
It is 6 miles west of Blythe, California, 400 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Blythe Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 6,543 feet long.
Does Blythe Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Blythe Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Blythe Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Flagstaff Pulliam. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Blythe Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BLH · ICAO KBLH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Riverside
- Elevation
- 400 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm; November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,543 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 5,800 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 17: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 35: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Blh and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.175 | |
| Laguna and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.15 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-922-3000.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, cargo handling, parachute jumping
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Avi Suquilla Airport (39 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Aircraft over 12500 pounds avoid housing area 1.5 NM southwest below 2000' final approach runway 35 be estabd 2 NM from touchdown.
- Activate VASI runway 17, 35 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and 08/26 - the common traffic frequency
- Departure from runway 17 make climbing left turn soon as safety permits. Use wide traffic pattern for runways 26 and 35.
- Power plant 1 mile east of airport producing thermal plumes; avoid low altitude direct overflight of the power plant.
- Paja. Prcht training high and low lvls all hours northeast quad of airport
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from BLH in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 7 seats (43% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe → Flagstaff Pulliam BLH–FLG | 1 | 3 | ADVANCED AIR, LLC |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,595, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 6,757 |
| general aviation, local | 6,757 |
| military | 81 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Blythe from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Blythe, California: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Blythe:
- Desert Air Ambulance INC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 parachute rigger examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Blythe 7 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Desert Air Ambulance INC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flagstaff Pulliam (FLG) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BLH.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.