Boulder Municipal Airport

Boulder Municipal Airport
IATA: WBU – ICAO: KBDU – FAA LID: BDU
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Boulder
Location Boulder, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 5,288 ft / 1,612 m
Coordinates 40°02′22″N 105°13′33″W / 40.03944°N 105.22583°W / 40.03944; -105.22583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
8G/26G 4,100 1,250 Asphalt/Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 59,379
Based aircraft 220

Boulder Municipal Airport (IATA: WBU, ICAO: KBDU, FAA LID: BDU) is a public airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the central business district of Boulder, a city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the City of Boulder[1] and used almost exclusively for general aviation. Its location in the foothills of the Rockies east of the continental divide, gives excellent conditions for soaring and there is extensive gliding activity. It is the base of the Soaring Society of Boulder.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Boulder Municipal is BDU (formerly 1V5) to the FAA and WBU to the IATA (which assigned BDU to Bardufoss Airport in Bardufoss, Norway).

Facilities

The airport covers 136 acres (55 ha) and has two runways:[1]

In 2005 the airport had 59,379 aircraft operations, average 162 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 220 aircraft are based at this airport: 64% single engine, 23% glider, 11% multi-engine, 1% helicopters, <1% jet aircraft and <1% ultralight.[1]

The airport has an executive terminal, which is operated by Journey's Aviation.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for BDU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05

External links

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