Its location in the foothills of the Rockies east of the continental divide gives excellent conditions for soaring, and there is extensive gliding activity.

Some college basketball teams fly into Boulder, rather than Denver International Airport, for games vs. the University of Colorado.

College football teams playing at Boulder must fly into DIA, approximately 40 miles east, since Boulder is not equipped to handle the large jets chartered by those squads.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Boulder Municipal is BDU (formerly 1V5) to the FAA and WBU to the IATA (which assigned BDU to Bardufoss Airport in Bardufoss, Norway).

59 aircraft was then based at this airport: 35 single engine, 5 multi-engine, and 19 glider.