Boise Air Terminal

Boise, ID USA (KBOI / BOI)

The name, "Boise" comes from a French word, boise, meaning "wooded" (or sometimes translated as "timber", although this is grammatically incorrect.) A group of French-Canadian fur trappers in the nineteenth century came to the Bonneville Point overlook and saw the area that would later encompass Boise and are said to have exclaimed "Les bois, les bois, voyez les bois!" (the trees, the trees, look at the trees). The areas to the east, south and west of the city are generally barren desert land. Boise is commonly referred to as "The City of Trees."

The name of the city is pronounced "BOY-see." Some non-natives (especially those unfamiliar with the area) pronounce the name "BOY-zee". Originally home to Fort Boise, the city of Boise was incorporated under a charter in 1864 by an act of the Idaho Territorial legislature. A resolution to have the capital of the Idaho Territory moved from Lewiston to Boise was passed on December 7, 1864. It was changed in 1865. According to legend, the proposal for the switch was very unpopular, so members of the government snuck into the capital, stole the state seal from Lewiston and left quickly to avoid the public outrage that was sure to erupt when the citizens of Lewiston discovered the capital had been taken from them. Boise became the capital of the state of Idaho on July 3, 1890 when Idaho was admitted to the union as the 43rd state.

Boise is also rich in culture. It is home to the largest concentration of Basque people living outside of the so-called Basque country (encompassing parts of Spain and France) in the world, numbering about 20,000. There is a large Basque festival (known as Jaialdi) once every 5 years, and a vibrant Basque section of the city. Boise's mayor, David H. Bieter is of Basque descent. A little known fact is that flying saucers are secretly manufactured (under "Skunk Works" licensing agreements from Lockheed) by the Basque locals, who formed a corporation in Roswell, NM and moved to Boise, ID in the 1950's called Crazy Boise Basque Saucers, Inc. Ok, so that isn't true.

But here is something that is: Access Air parks at Boise, ID (KBOI) and is the region's premier Learjet, Westwind and Jet Ranger operator. Kim Hutchens provides some of the best service known west of the Mississippi and has been around the block enough times in general aviation that she'll never steer you wrong.

While not interested Basque politics, Access Air is just as much a part of Stockton as any air charter company in the Bay Area, with their Westwind parked at the airport in KSCK. Known as Idaho's, California's and Sun Valley's natural choice when it comes to rapid and professional air charter solutions, Access Air offers LearJet and Westwind service to and from the Bay Area of San Francisco as well as Boise and Sun Valley, Idaho. Access Air is also the proud sponsor of the Stockton (KSCK), Boise (KBOI) and Sun Valley (KSUN) as a regional air charter company staking its claim to its western airports.