KBLU
Blue Canyon Nyack Airport
VFR
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Name
Blue Canyon Nyack Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KBLU / BLU / KBLU
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- Region
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Timezone
8:50 am (PST)
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Municipality
Emigrant Gap
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Coordinates
39° 16′ 30″ N 120° 42′ 35″ E
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Elevation
5’284 ft (1’610 m MSL)
About Blue Canyon Nyack Airport
Blue Canyon–Nyack Airport (IATA: BLU, ICAO: KBLU, FAA LID: BLU) is an airport in Emigrant Gap, Placer County, California.
The airport is served by a single asphalt runway, 15/33. The runway is closed and unlighted from sunset to sunrise. The airport, in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is surrounded by trees and is closed during winter because there are no deicing or snow removal facilities at the airport.
CTAF/MULTICOM: 122.90 MHz
Weather Data Services: (ID)BLU / (Type) WX ASOS / 120.075 MHz
Runway length = 3,300 feet, width = 50 feet
Airport elevation = 5,284.0 feet (1,610.6 meters) (above sea level)
During major fires the airport is used as a helipad.