Identifier
BVU
Boulder City Municipal Airport Map Print (BVU)
BVU
KBVU
Boulder City, Nevada
$55
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Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Boulder City's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Boulder City Municipal Airport (BVU), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Boulder City's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Boulder City Municipal
BVU · Boulder City, Nevada
35.9473° N · 114.8611° W
Field elevation 2,203 ft
Field elevation 2,203 ft
ICAO code
KBVU
Field elevation
2,203ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
11°E
Runways
09/275,103 × 75 ft
15/333,852 × 75 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Boulder City Municipal Airport Runway Diagram Print
Boulder City Municipal has two asphalt runways, and on this print they cross well west of the apron in a long, off-center X. Runway 09/27 is the longer of the pair at 5,103 by 75 feet, running nearly the full width of the sheet and tipping slightly downhill to the right. Runway 15/33 is 3,852 by 75 feet and falls steeply from the upper left toward the bottom center, clipping the longer strip about a third of the way along it. Field elevation is 2,203 feet, set in small type under the identifier.
What makes the composition work is the imbalance. The crossing point sits far off to one side, which leaves the eastern half of the drawing to the built-up stuff: a taxiway that loops back on itself, a broad apron, a row of hangars, and a fan of tie-down rows that spreads out like a deck of cards toward the right edge. Everything else is paper. Two dark strips, one grey field of pavement, and a lot of open margin, plotted from published airport information and set in a colorway you choose at checkout.
The field opened in 1990, replacing an earlier Boulder City airport that operated from 1933 into the 1980s a little closer to the highway. A terminal building was added in 2009. As of 2023 there were 265 aircraft based here, including 198 single-engine airplanes and 32 helicopters, which is a lot of movement for a two-runway desert field and explains the size of that tie-down fan. If you want a pair on the wall, this one sits comfortably next to a diagram from Las Vegas.
Boulder City (BVU) print, common questions
How many runways does Boulder City Municipal have, and how long are they?
Two, both asphalt. Runway 09/27 measures 5,103 by 75 feet and runway 15/33 measures 3,852 by 75 feet. On the print they cross each other, with the longer runway laid out roughly left to right.
How high is the airport?
2,203 feet above mean sea level. The elevation is printed in the lower right block of the print along with the coordinates for the field, 35.9473 N and 114.8611 W.
Where is Boulder City Municipal, and what does BVU stand for?
It is in Boulder City, in Clark County, Nevada, about one nautical mile southwest of the town's central business district. BVU is the airport's location identifier, and it is the code set in large type across the bottom of the print.
How accurate is the diagram?
Runway designators, lengths, widths and relative positions are plotted from published runway data for the field, so the X shape you see is the layout as published. It is wall art rather than a navigation chart, and fine details may be simplified or omitted. Lighting, markings and signage are examples of what gets left out.
What sizes are available?
Several standard portrait sizes, each printed to order. The layout is composed to stay legible small, though the tie-down rows on the east apron reward a larger size, and the colorway you choose changes the background tone and the weight of the two runway strips.
Is this a good gift for a pilot?
It works best for someone with a specific tie to this field: a pilot who trained here, a tour operator crew member, or anyone who has flown out over the desert from Boulder City. The identifier reads instantly to people who know it and looks like clean geometry to everyone else. Each print is made to order.
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