Columbus Municipal Airport (Indiana)

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Columbus Municipal Airport
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USGS photo - 7 Aug 1997
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Columbus
Location Columbus, Indiana
Elevation  AMSL 656 ft / 200 m
Coordinates 39°15′43″N085°53′47″W / 39.26194°N 85.89639°W / 39.26194; -85.89639
Map
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BAK
Location of airport in Indiana/United States
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BAK
BAK (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
5/236,4001,951 Concrete
14/325,0001,524Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2005)39,155
Based aircraft (2015)77
For the military use of this facility, see Bakalar Air Force Base.

Columbus Municipal Airport( IATA : CLU, ICAO : KBAK, FAA LID : BAK) is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. [1]

Contents

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is BAK to the FAA and CLU to the IATA. [2]

Airport terminal and control tower Kbak1.jpg
Airport terminal and control tower

History

The airport is on the site of the former World War II Atterbury Army Airfield, a U.S. Army Air Forces facility, and Bakalar Air Force Base, a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force installation utilized primarily by the Air Force Reserve. It was the host base for the 434th Troop Carrier Wing twice, from 1949 to 1952 and again from 1953 to 1969.

A Douglas DC-3 at the airport was destroyed in a wind storm in May 2022. [3]

Facilities

Columbus Municipal Airport covers 2,000 acres (810 ha) at an elevation of 656 feet (200 m). It has two concrete runways: 5/23 is 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m). [1]

In 2005 the airport had 39,155 aircraft operations, average 107 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% military. In 2015, 77 aircraft were based at the airport: 58 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 7 jet, 2 helicopter, 1 glider and 1 ultra-light. [1]

The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is located at the airport.

Terminal

The airport completely renovated its terminal building in 2015.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for BAK PDF , effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ "CLU - Columbus [Muni], IN, US - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". gc.kls2.com.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Haley (22 June 2022). "Damaged Columbus aircraft to be surplus equipment and auctioned off". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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