Boulder Municipal Airport is a public

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located northeast of the central business district of Boulder, a city in Boulder County,

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. It is owned by the City of Boulder and used almost exclusively for

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. Its location in the foothills of the

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east of the continental divide gives excellent conditions for

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, 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

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for the

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and IATA, but Boulder Municipal is BDU (formerly 1V5) to the FAA and WBU to the IATA (which assigned BDU to

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Facilities

The airport covers and has two

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s: * 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 2005 the airport had 59,379 aircraft operations, average 162 per day: 99% general aviation, 1%

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and <1% military. 220 aircraft are based at this airport: 64% single engine, 23% glider, 11% multi-engine, 1%

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s, <1% jet aircraft and <1%

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. The airport has an executive terminal, which is operated by Journeys Aviation.

References

External links

Boulder Municipal Airport
at City of Boulder website
Boulder Municipal Airport (BDU)
at

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airport directory
Journeys Aviation

Soaring Society of Boulder
at Soaring Society of Boulder website * {{US-airport-minor, BDU, WBU, KBDU Airports in Colorado Transportation buildings and structures in Boulder County, Colorado

Facilities

See also

References

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