Boulder City Municipal
BVU · KBVU · Boulder City, Nevada · Clark County · map
Boulder City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boulder City, 1 mile southwest of Boulder City, Nevada, 2,203 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,103 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBVU · observed 2:15 pm PDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KBVU 062115Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM CLR 34/08 A2993 RMK AO2
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 BVU · ICAO KBVU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boulder City
- Elevation
- 2,203 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 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: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1990
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,103 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 3,852 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, power line 123 ft high 3,724 ft from the end
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern, gnd 10 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach | 125.475 | |
| Bvu and aWOS-3 | 118.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 702-293-1532.
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 Boulder City from the FAA register
83 aircraft are registered to owners in Boulder City, Nevada: 61 piston singles, 11 helicopters, 4 gliders, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins. 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 Nevada.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 4 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
- Runway 33 steep runway gradient; rising terrain; obstacles off departure end of runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service 100LL available 24/7 with CC.
- Self service JET-A available 24/7 with CC.
- Avoid overflight of Boulder City residential areas.
- Unlighted power lines all quadrants.
- Uphill departures on runway 33 not recommended.
- Steep rising terrain north of airport.
- Ultralight activity 2 miles southwest of airport in the vicinity of dry lake bed.
- Skydive drop zone adjacent airport north east side.
- Large number of grand canyon tour aircraft operations in vicinity transiting to and from airport.
- Helicopters cross active runways and taxiways.
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.