Nonstop flight route between Boulder, Colorado, United States and Denver, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU), Boulder, Colorado, United States and Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 32 miles (or 51 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Boulder Municipal Airport and Denver International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WBU / KBDU |
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Location: | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°2'21"N by 105°13'32"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Boulder |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5288 feet (1,612 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WBU |
More Information: | WBU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEN / KDEN |
Airport Name: | Denver International Airport |
Location: | Denver, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°51'42"N by 104°40'23"W |
Area Served: | Denver, Front Range Megalopolis, Northern Colorado, Eastern Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | City & County of Denver Department of Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5431 feet (1,655 meters) |
# of Runways: | 6 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEN |
More Information: | DEN Maps & Info |
Facts about Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU):
- In addition to being known as "Boulder Municipal Airport", another name for WBU is "BDU".
- Because of Boulder Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,288 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at WBU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make WBU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU) is Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SSE of WBU.
- The furthest airport from Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,881 miles (17,511 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Denver International Airport (DEN):
- Denver International Airport (DEN) has 6 runways.
- The furthest airport from Denver International Airport (DEN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,877 miles (17,505 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Denver International Airport's high elevation of 5,431 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DEN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DEN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Denver International Airport handled 52,556,359 passengers last year.
- Both during construction and after its opening Denver International Airport has set aside a portion of its construction and operation budgets for art.
- Delays caused by poor planning and repeated design changes due to changing requirements from United Airlines caused Mayor Webb to push opening day back, first to December 1993, then to March 1994.
- The airport's computerized baggage system, which was supposed to reduce delays, shorten waiting times at luggage carousels, and cut airline labor costs, was an unmitigated failure.
- Denver has traditionally been home to one of the busier airports in the nation because of its location.
- The closest airport to Denver International Airport (DEN) is Centennial Airport (APA), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSW of DEN.