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KBDU · WBU

Boulder Municipal Airport

40.03940°N
-105.22600°W
ARR / DAY
29
9.9%
DEP / DAY
31
25.7%

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 29 arrivals and 31 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBDU 150755Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A3018 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

08
81% of ops
1,880 land · 2,066 TO
26
19% of ops
436 land · 43 TO
Runway 08 carries 81% of operations (1,880 landings, 2,066 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

08 1,880 landings
UA 8%
26 436 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 08 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (146 UA events from 1,880 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
43.9
flights/day · 1,316 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 43.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (49.1 vs 44.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 1,086 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 08:01 UTC