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KBDU · WBU

Boulder Municipal Airport

40.03940°N
-105.22600°W
ARR / DAY
18
27.1%
DEP / DAY
23
23.2%

Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU/WBU) is a small general aviation airport located in Boulder, CO. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBDU 010215Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM OVC100 22/10 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
80% of ops
772 land · 851 TO
26
20% of ops
190 land · 32 TO
Runway 08 carries 80% of operations (772 landings, 851 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 20%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 772 landings
UA 6%
26 190 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 08 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 772 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
38.7
flights/day · 1,162 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 38.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (40.4 vs 40.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 936 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 118.825
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Elevation:
5,288 ft
Mag var:
12° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:19 UTC