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).
Weather right now KBLH · observed 8:52 pm PDT (03:52 UTC), 2488 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBLH 050352Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 33/10 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03280100
TAF KBLH 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.