Blaine Municipal Airport
Blaine Municipal Airport was a city-owned public-use airport, also known as Dierks Field, located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Blaine, a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It was closed on December 31, 2008.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: airport in Washington, United States
- Also known as: “BWS”
- Historically known as: “Dierks Field”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blaine High School and Pacific Highway Border Crossing.
Blaine High School
School
Blaine High School, established in 1906, is located in Blaine, Washington, United States, which is situated in the northwest corner of the state, adjacent to the Canada–US border, thus making it the most northwestern high school in the Contiguous United States. Blaine High School is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Blaine Municipal Airport.
Pacific Highway Border Crossing
Government office
Photo: Wbaron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pacific Highway Border Crossing connects the city of Blaine, Washington and the city of Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. Washington State Route 543 on the American side joins British Columbia Highway 15 on the Canadian side. Pacific Highway Border Crossing is situated 1 mile north of Blaine Municipal Airport.
Peace Arch Border Crossing
Government office
The Peace Arch Border Crossing is the common name for the Blaine–Douglas crossing which connects the cities of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–United States border. Peace Arch Border Crossing is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Blaine Municipal Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaine and Douglas.
Blaine
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blaine is a city in the Northwest Washington region of Washington. "The Peace Arch City" is the major land border crossing between Western Washington and the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.
Douglas
Suburb
Douglas, formerly known as "Doug," is a locality in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Just southeast and outside of the boundary of White Rock, it is on the Canadian side of the Peace Arch Border Crossing between British Columbia and Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States.
White Rock
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
White Rock is a small community in Vancouver's southern suburbs surrounded on three sides by the city of Surrey, and to the south by the waters of Boundary Bay.
Blaine Municipal Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Urdu—“Blaine Municipal Airport” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “BWS”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شهری بلین”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Municipal Blaine”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳре блин”
- Urdu: “بلیئن میونسپل ایئرپورٹ”
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