Boulder Municipal
BDU · KBDU · Boulder, Colorado · Boulder County · map
Boulder Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boulder, 3 miles northeast of Boulder, Colorado, 5,288 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 4,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 59 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 56,629 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KBDU · observed 4:55 pm MDT (22:55 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
METAR KBDU 122255Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 26/M01 A2977 RMK AO2
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KBDU
- the station, KBDU
- 122255Z
- observed 4:55 pm MDT (22:55 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 02005KT
- wind from the north-northeast at 5 knots
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- CLR
- clear skies
- 26/M01
- temperature 26 °C (79 °F), dew point -1 °C (30 °F)
- A2977
- altimeter setting 29.77 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
2 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) from 34,000 ft to 45,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 22,000 ft.
Turbulence AIRMET in force: moderate turbulence (due to mountain wave) from 34,000 ft to 45,000 ft; AIRMET in force: moderate turbulence (due to mountain wave) up to 22,000 ft. 7 pilot reports of turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours: light to moderate turbulence, at 18,000 ft, 10 nm northeast, 4:51 pm MDT (22:51 UTC); moderate turbulence, at 22,000 ft, 18 nm north, 4:23 pm MDT (22:23 UTC). The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. 1 pilot report of icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours: light to moderate rime icing, at 20,000 ft, 38 nm north, 3:32 pm MDT (21:32 UTC). The freezing level is about 14,000 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent P28A at 6,000 ft, 7 nm south, 3:31 pm MDT (21:31 UTC): remarks: low-level wind shear + 20 knots during the descent 12L.
as filed, and in English
BJC UUA /OV BJC300002/TM 2131/FL060/TP P28A/RM LLWS +/- 20KTS DURD 12L
- Report
- an urgent report filed through BJC
- Where
- 2 nm northwest (300°) of BJC
- Time
- 21:31 UTC
- Height
- at 6,000 ft
- Aircraft
- P28A
- Remarks
- low-level wind shear + 20 knots during the descent 12L
- E75L at 18,000 ft, 10 nm northeast, 4:51 pm MDT (22:51 UTC): light to moderate turbulence, remarks: during the climb ZIMMR4 ZDVWC-06.
as filed, and in English
DEN UA /OV DEN310030/TM 2251/FL180/TP E75L/TB LGT-OCNL MOD/RM DURC ZIMMR4 ZDVWC-06
- Report
- a routine report filed through DEN
- Where
- 30 nm northwest (310°) of DEN
- Time
- 22:51 UTC
- Height
- at 18,000 ft
- Aircraft
- E75L
- Turbulence
- lgt-ocnl moderate
- Remarks
- during the climb ZIMMR4 ZDVWC-06
- ALL at 22,000 ft, 18 nm north, 4:23 pm MDT (22:23 UTC): moderate turbulence, remarks: FL220-130 during the descent.
as filed, and in English
DEN UA /OV 40NW DEN/TM 2223/FL220/TP ALL/TB MOD/RM FL220-130 DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through DEN
- Where
- 40NW den
- Time
- 22:23 UTC
- Height
- at 22,000 ft
- Aircraft
- ALL
- Turbulence
- moderate
- Remarks
- FL220-130 during the descent
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (DEN, 28 nm southeast), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 9,000 ft: 200° at 23 kt, 14 °C; 12,000 ft: 210° at 22 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 250° at 37 kt, -12 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
4 notices to air missions in force at this field, 1 more starting within a week.
All 5 notices, grouped: runways (2), airspace (3) →
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked 1 minutes ago).
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BDU · ICAO KBDU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boulder
- Elevation
- 5,288 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,012 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08G/26G | 4,100 × 20 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 200 ft, 3,900 ft available for landing, trees 10 ft high 278 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 3,900 ft available for landing
- Runway 08G: trees 56 ft high 806 ft from the end
- Runway 26G: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Bdu and aWOS-3 | 118.825 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 303-541-9540.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Erie Municipal (8 nm east), Vance Brand Airport (8 nm north), Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (9 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Colorado · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate PAPI runway 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL self serve available H24.
- Full service
- Glider operations 60 feet parl to runway.
- Landing area undefined; glider operations only; 197 feet sepn centerline to centerline.
- 3000 feet an X 20 feet chip and seal west end; 1100 feet grass east end.
- Departure turn below 512 feet NA. 40-60 feet trees result in 27 degrees obstruction clnc slope to dthr. Runway 08 calm wind runway.
- Durg west wind exp svr turb. 300 feet safety area outlined with red reflectors; 130 feet dropoff east of marked area.
- Runway 08 10 feet tree, dist 277 feet, 14 feet R, approach slp 47:1 displaced thld.
- 25 - 55 feet trees outline hayden lake 200 feet from runway 08G threshold; hayden lake 250 feet from runway 8 and 8G threshold.
- Paja and water fowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pattern altitude: runway 08/26 pattern altitude 1012 feet above ground level.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 35 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| other | 19 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 56,629, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 7,277 |
| general aviation, local | 49,352 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Boulder from the FAA register
221 aircraft are registered to owners in Boulder, Colorado: 142 piston singles, 21 gliders, 14 piston twins, 13 turboprops, 13 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Boulder, by their names on the register:
- Soaring Society of Boulder 3 aircraft The Soaring Society of Boulder is a not-for-profit flying club based at Boulder Municipal Airport in Colorado.
- Soaring Society of Boulder INC 3 aircraft The Soaring Society of Boulder is a not-for-profit flying club based at Boulder Municipal Airport in Colorado.
- Colorado Cherokee Flyers LLC 1 aircraft Cherokee Flyers is a Part 61 aeroclub founded in 1999 that provides flight training and aircraft rentals at Vance Brand Municipal Airport (KVRB) in Boulder, Colorado.
Charter operators and airlines based in Boulder:
- Iconic Aviation CCP Management 1 aircraft on the certificate Iconic Aviation provides private jet charter services and aircraft management for owners in Boulder, Colorado.
- Eagle Air Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Eagle Air is a private aviation company offering on-demand charter flights and aircraft management services.
Repair stations in Boulder:
- Aviation Window Services Aviation Window Services is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in aircraft window and windshield repairs, installations, inspections, and coatings.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 38 training center evaluators, 133 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- David Dziura private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Lafayette, CO (6 nm) · (860) 517-9140 · david.dziura@gmail.com
- Elliot Caldwell Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Longmont, CO (8 nm) · (303) 594-4001 · elliotcc@mac.com
- Sarah Chantal Rovner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vector Air Erie · Erie, CO (8 nm) · (832) 464-5995 · sarahrovnerdpe@gmail.com
- Gregory Richard Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · WESTERN AIR FLIGHT ACADEMY · Broomfield, CO (10 nm) · (480) 544-3421 · grnewman@mac.com
- Nelson Jacob Wolfmeier private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Broomfield, CO (10 nm) · (303) 736-9554 · jwolfmeier@yahoo.com
- Alexander Wernsman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northern Colorado Regional Airport · Loveland, CO (26 nm) · (970) 814-8473 · pilotcheckscolorado@gmail.com
- Cayce Batterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Denver FSDO · Denver, CO (28 nm) · (303) 204-0213 · cayceatp@gmail.com
- Darrel Leroy Dilley private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LaSalle, CO (31 nm) · (970) 590-6426 · darrel.dilley.dpe@gmail.com
All 248 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Boulder 221 aircraft · 142 piston singles, 21 gliders, 14 piston twins
- Journeys Aviation INC 14 aircraft in town
- Red Air Transport LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Rocky Mountain Flight Consultants LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Sparkjoy Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Iconic Aviation CCP Management 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Eagle Air Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Soaring Society of Boulder 3 aircraft · flying club
- Soaring Society of Boulder INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Colorado Cherokee Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aviation Window Services · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,452 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BDU.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.