Blue Canyon - Nyack Airport
BLU · KBLU · Emigrant Gap, California · Placer County · map
Blue Canyon - Nyack Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Placer, 1 mile south of Emigrant Gap, California, 5,284 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,300 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KBLU · observed 1:52 pm PDT (20:52 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.21 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBLU 062052Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 26/02 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02610017 58012 $
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 BLU · ICAO KBLU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Placer
- Elevation
- 5,284 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,300 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 15: tree 20 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 33: tree 15 ft high 400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Blu and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-212-0347.
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 Emigrant Gap from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Emigrant Gap, California: 1 piston single. 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 · 6 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
- Predates to 1958 FAA act.
- Rotating beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Airport closed sunset to sunrise.
- Airport closed winters due to snow.
- Located at dept of public works office, auburn, CA.
- Runway 15 +4 feet brush 100 feet from thld 125 feet left to 125 feet right
- Do not attempt to land with snow on the runway. No snow removal services are provided.
- 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.