Boulder Municipal Airport is a public airport located northeast of the central business district of Boulder, a city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the City of Boulder and used almost exclusively for general aviation. Its location in the foothills of the Rockies east of the continental divide gives excellent conditions for gliding, and there is extensive gliding activity. It is the base of the Soaring Society of Boulder.
Founded in 1928, Boulder Municipal Airport is Colorado's oldest operating public airport.
Some college basketball teams fly into Boulder, rather than Denver International Airport, for games vs. the University of Colorado. College football teams playing at Boulder must fly into DIA, approximately 40 miles east, since Boulder is not equipped to handle the large jets chartered by those squads.
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 and has two runways:
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
In the year ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 56,629 aircraft operations, averaging 155 per day; all general aviation. 59 aircraft were based at this airport: 35 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, and 19 gliders.
The airport has an executive terminal, which is operated by Journeys Aviation.
See also List of airports in the Denver area List of airports in Colorado
References
External links Boulder Municipal Airport at the City of Boulder website Boulder Municipal Airport (BDU) at Colorado DOT airport directory Journeys Aviation Soaring Society of Boulder at Soaring Society of Boulder website