Boulder City Airport was an airport in Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, that operated from 1933 through the mid-1980s. It was also known as Bullock Airport during its early history.
History 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 dedication of the nearby Boulder Dam—although severely injured, Redewill survived.
Airline service began on June 15, 1936, with Grand Canyon Airlines. On April 3, 1938, the airport began airmail service, linking Los Angeles and San Francisco eastward. Trans World Airlines (TWA) opened a terminal at the airport the following month, and operated at Boulder City through the late 1940s. In December 1949, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) suspended commercial flights from operating at Boulder City, due to its runways not meeting minimum standards, causing TWA to use McCarran Field near Las Vegas. The terminal building was sold in 1958 to the Boulder City Elks Club, who continue to be headquartered there. Newspaper reports indicate the airport continued to operate for non-commercial flights through at least the mid-1980s.
Boulder City Airport has been replaced by Boulder City Municipal Airport, which opened in 1990. The prior airport was located north of the current airport, much closer to U.S. Route 93.
Layout A 1958 topographic map by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows the airport layout as three runways just southeast of U.S. Route 93. Select 24K and HTMC; click on the map near US Route 93; select "1958 (HTMC, 1959 ed.)"; click Show.
Historical airport directories described the runways as follows:
Year Publication Runways Lengths Comments 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual All unpavedRunways 17/35 & 12/30 not maintained 1962 AOPA Airport Directory Two unpaved runways 1967 Flight Guide Runway 3/21 longer than its paved section 1980 Las Vegas Terminal Aeronautical Chart 3/21 1982 AOPA Airport Directory operator: Lake Mead Air 1985 Las Vegas Sectional Chart 3/21 paved Runway listed as northeast–southwest 1994 CG-18 World Aeronautical Chart Abandoned
See also TWA Flight 3, which crashed in 1942 following departure from Las Vegas after the crew likely used a Boulder City outbound course by accident
References
Further reading Boulder City's Lost Airport at placesthatwere.com