Boulder Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Boulder Municipal Airport


IATA = WBU
ICAO = KBDU
FAA = BDU
type = Public
owner = City of Boulder
operator =
city-served =
location = Boulder, Colorado
elevation-f = 5,288
elevation-m = 1,612
coordinates = coord|40|02|22|N|105|13|33|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 8/26
r1-length-f = 4,100
r1-length-m = 1,250
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 8G/26G
r2-length-f = 4,100
r2-length-m = 1,250
r2-surface = Asphalt/Turf
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 59,379
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 220
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=BDU|use=PU|own=PU|site=02522.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Boulder Municipal Airport Airport codes|WBU|KBDU|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.

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. [ [http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBDU AirNav: KBDU (formerly 1V5) - Boulder Municipal Airport] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/WBU Great Circle Mapper: WBU / KBDU - Boulder, Colorado (Boulder Muni)] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/CRQ Great Circle Mapper: BDU / ENDU - Bardufoss, Norway] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Boulder Municipal Airport covers an area of 136 acres (55 ha) which contains 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

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/airport Boulder Municipal Airport] at City of Boulder website
* [http://www.colorado-aeronautics.org/boulder.htm Boulder Municipal Airport] at Colorado DOT website
*US-airport-minor|BDU|WBU
*WikiMapia|40.0394|-105.2258|14