Gowen Field
Gowen Field also is known as Boise Airport is an American civil-military airport that is controlled by the City of Boise Department of Aviation. Its operations are overseen by an Airport Commission.
This airport is the busiest airport in the Idaho state serving more than 10 times the total passengers as compared to the state’s second busiest airport Idaho Falls Regional Airport.
Apart from being a commercial & general aviation airport, this place also works as a USAF military facility concurrently. In 2015, the airport had more than 1,487,760 enplaned passengers.
The top destinations served by this airport are Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Oakland, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Arizona, and Spokane, Washington.
Gowen Field Airline Companies
There is a great variety of airline companies that operate from the Gowen Field airport.
It includes American Airlines, Gem Air, Southwest Airlines, United Express, United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, Allegiant Air, Delta Connection, Frontier Airlines, and Delta Air Lines.
Gowen Field Incidents
There are two major accidents that happen at this airport. We have explained them in detail below:
• 9th December, 1996- On this day, the Emery Worldwide’s Douglas C-47A N75142 was crashed & killed two crew members.
The reason for this crash was the fire that caught the starboard engine immediately after take-off.
• 3rd February, 2012- The pilot was killed on a Lancair IV-PT turboprop. The accident was caused by the pilot error.
Gowen Field Transportation Details
The airport has ground transportation services that are situated in the lower part near the baggage area. The passengers have to check out the color-coded curbs to find out the best options.
The black curb is for the taxis, whereas the green curb is for the Courtesy Shuttles.
On the other hand, the blue curb is for the Paid Shuttles, whereas the purple curb is for the buses. The exact details about the transportation are available on the counter.
References Taken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_Airport
https://www.iflyboise.com/