Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field
BOI · KBOI · Boise, Idaho · Ada County · map
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boise, 3 miles south of Boise, Idaho, 2,872 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 10L/28R, is 10,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBOI · observed 3:53 pm MDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm MDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am MDT (16:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBOI 062153Z 30009KT 10SM R10R/4000VP6000FT CLR 29/01 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02890011
TAF KBOI 061720Z 0618/0718 31007KT P6SM SKC FM070400 14005KT P6SM SKC FM071600 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 BOI · ICAO KBOI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boise
- Elevation
- 2,872 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 10,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10R/28L | 9,763 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 28R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 10R: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28L: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Boi and automated weather (ASOS) | 123.9 | Boise |
| Clearance delivery | 125.9 | Boise |
| Ground | 121.7 | Boise |
| Tower | 118.1 | Boise |
| Tower (secondary) | 119.0 | Boise |
| Approach and departure | 118.975 | Bozeman |
| Approach and departure | 119.55 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace More than 15 NM from boi; South | 119.6 | Boise |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Within 15 NM of boi; North | 126.9 | Boise · Or inbound from horseshoe bend/aldape peak. |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Boise |
| Boi and vot | 116.7 | |
| Boise and rco | 122.6 | Boise |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 208-318-5005.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Boise from the FAA register
599 aircraft are registered to owners in Boise, Idaho: 423 piston singles, 66 turboprops, 48 business jets, 20 helicopters, 20 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 56 since 1982, 6 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
- Helicopter operations SFC-3500 feet WI 1 NM east, west and 5 NM south of runway 10R/28L.
- Flight notification service (adcus) MON-FRI 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; wkend if notified by 1700 thurs.
- Interim dir.
- Arrival/departure 10:00 pm to 7:00 am prior permission required due to locked gates - the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- Flight Service local - 343-2525.
- Bird act WI 5 NM OCT-MAR.
- Ptns of txl K and southwest ramp not vsbl to the control tower.
- Cstms/agricultural/img: 1400-0130Z++ MON-FRI, fone 24 hour bfr arrival C208-972-8730. Ltd services available for international diversions without PN. cstms only available drg publd hours or with PN.
- Ang: operates 1400-2330Z++ closed wknd, holidays and down Monday. Transient service NA aft hour. Service and parking - the FBO (fixed-base operator). Transient service and gnd eqpt ltd otr than A10. Transient must fuel/service own aircraft.
- Misc: base scty - D422-5366. Comd post bus hour only - D422-5333. Base operations bus hour only - D422-5345.
- Arng - C986-996-5506 1330-0600Z++ MON-FRI. arng ramp operations use adzy frequency 266.2. C-12 operations - C986-996-5509.
- Ang: amgr transient comsec issue or storage NA.
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.