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Boulder City
Airport was dedicated on December 10, 1933, although it appears to have been operational at least a month earlier, per a newspaper report of the era. On September 30, 1935, a plane crashed and burned at the airport after the pilot, Arizona businessman Gene Redewill, had attended the
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948:"Bullock's Airport / (Original) Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD), Boulder City, NV"
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Historical airport directories described the runways as follows:
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service, linking Los
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774:"Boulder City Becomes Link in Great Airport Chain"
1001:Buildings and structures in Boulder City, Nevada
289:—although severely injured, Redewill survived.
292:Airline service began on June 15, 1936, with
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479:Runway 3/21 longer than its paved section
323:Boulder City Airport has been replaced by
246:Reflects final runway configuration (1985)
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16:Former airport in the U.S. state of Nevada
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862:"Weather: Strange Doings in Atmosphere"
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738:"Redewill To Leave Hospital Next Week"
487:Las Vegas Terminal Aeronautical Chart
296:. On April 3, 1938, the airport began
562:Runway listed as northeast/southwest
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706:"Flames Destroy Gene Redewill Plane"
666:– via bouldercitymagazine.com.
890:"Logan Pilot Dies in Nevada Crash"
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651:McBride, Dennis (February 2005).
991:Airports in Clark County, Nevada
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870:. February 25, 1987. p. 21
810:. December 16, 1949. p. 17
686:. November 18, 1933. p. 12
341:United States Geological Survey
625:. December 21, 1933. p. 5
325:Boulder City Municipal Airport
21:Boulder City Municipal Airport
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1011:1933 establishments in Nevada
802:"Boulder City Airport Closed"
750:. November 1, 1935. p. 2
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470:6,495 ft (1,980 m)
42:The airport as depicted on a
1006:Airports established in 1933
718:. October 1, 1935. p. 6
615:"Grant Locals and Personals"
406:3,680 ft (1,120 m)
403:6,495 ft (1,980 m)
400:6,383 ft (1,946 m)
975:Boulder City's Lost Airport
910:– via newspapers.com.
902:. July 13, 1990. p. 20
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842:. June 15, 1986. p. 15
818:– via newspapers.com.
790:– via newspapers.com.
758:– via newspapers.com.
726:– via newspapers.com.
694:– via newspapers.com.
657:Boulder City – The Magazine
633:– via newspapers.com.
556:2,900 ft (880 m)
527:3,100 ft (940 m)
493:3,100 ft (940 m)
464:3,100 ft (940 m)
306:Civil Aeronautics Authority
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550:Las Vegas Sectional Chart
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678:"Held Up Near Las Vegas"
572:World Aeronautical Chart
542:operator: Lake Mead Air
509:AOPA Airport Directory
653:"Boulder City History"
977:at placesthatwere.com
952:airfields-freeman.com
294:Grand Canyon Airlines
835:The Arizona Republic
807:Reno Gazette-Journal
743:The Arizona Republic
711:The Arizona Republic
683:Reno Gazette-Journal
619:The Tribune-Sentinel
438:Two unpaved runways
302:Trans World Airlines
254:Boulder City Airport
177:35.9704°N 114.8494°W
113:Boulder City, Nevada
30:Boulder City Airport
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922:"Boulder City, NV"
770:Bassett Jr., James
425:Airport Directory
182:35.9704; -114.8494
895:Salt Lake Tribune
867:Los Angeles Times
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782:. p. 2
412:All unpaved
287:Boulder Dam
180: /
168:114°50′58″W
155:Coordinates
46:map in 1958
985:Categories
602:References
582:Abandoned
165:35°58′13″N
830:"Trapped"
368:Comments
318:Elks Club
314:Las Vegas
207:Direction
926:USGS.gov
589:See also
377:Jeppesen
365:Lengths
362:Runways
214:Surface
957:May 29,
931:May 28,
906:May 28,
874:May 28,
846:May 28,
814:May 28,
786:May 29,
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690:May 28,
662:May 28,
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529:asphalt
472:unpaved
339:by the
335:A 1958
298:airmail
280:History
258:airport
256:was an
211:Length
195:Runways
130:c. 1988
96:Summary
570:CG-18
535:gravel
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331:Layout
270:Nevada
236:Paved
230:2,900
127:Closed
119:Opened
109:Serves
104:Public
567:1994
558:paved
553:3/21
547:1985
518:17/35
506:1982
495:paved
490:3/21
484:1980
466:paved
455:17/35
443:1967
419:1962
391:12/30
388:17/35
373:1960
356:Year
312:near
227:3/21
959:2022
933:2022
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423:AOPA
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233:880
145:AMSL
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122:1933
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