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KBDU · WBU

Boulder Municipal Airport

40.03940°N
-105.22600°W
ARR / DAY
4
88.3%
DEP / DAY
5
86.2%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBDU 260455Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 30/08 A3011 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

08
83% of ops
2,040 land · 2,226 TO
26
17% of ops
407 land · 43 TO
Runway 08 carries 83% of operations (2,040 landings, 2,226 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

08 2,040 landings
UA 9%
26 407 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 08 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (180 UA events from 2,040 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
37.2
flights/day · 1,116 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 37.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (45.5 vs 35.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 906 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 10:28 UTC