Boulder Municipal Airport

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Boulder Municipal Airport
IATA: WBU – ICAO: KBDU – FAA: 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, -105.22583
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	4,100	1,250	Asphalt
8G/26G	4,100	1,250	Asphalt/Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			59,379
Based aircraft			220
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Boulder Municipal Airport (IATA: WBU, ICAO: KBDU, FAA LID: BDU) is a public airport located three miles (5 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]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Boulder Municipal is assigned BDU (formerly 1V5) by the FAA and WBU by the IATA (which assigned BDU to Bardufoss Airport in Bardufoss, Norway). The airport's ICAO identifier is KBDU.^[2]^[3]^[4]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Boulder Municipal Airport covers an area of 136 acres (55 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 8/26: 4,100 x 75 ft. (1,250 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 8G/26G: 4,100 x 25 ft. (1,250 x 8 m), Surface: Asphalt/Turf

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 59,379 aircraft operations, an average of 162 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 220 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single engine, 23% gliders, 11% multi-engine, 1% helicopters, <1% jet aircraft and <1% ultralight.^[1]