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BOI Meaning

BOI Airport Meaning

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BOI Meaning:

BOI stands for Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field)


Located in Boise, Idaho, BOI (Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field)) is classified as a small hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of BOI's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field) (BOI) Characteristics:

      City: Boise
      State: Idaho
      FAA: Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field)
      IATA: BOI
      ICAO: KBOI
      Role: P-S

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


BOI is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding BOI, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

BOI meaning is Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field).

Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field) can be abbreviated as BOI.

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