Columbus Municipal Airport (Indiana)
| Columbus Municipal Airport | |||
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| USGS aerial photo - 7 Aug 1997 | |||
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| FAA airport diagram | |||
| IATA: CLU – ICAO: KBAK – FAA LID: BAK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Columbus | ||
| Location | Columbus, Indiana | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 656 ft / 200 m | ||
| Coordinates | 39°15′43″N 085°53′47″W / 39.26194°N 85.89639°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 6,400 | 1,951 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 39,155 | ||
| Based aircraft | 68 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
- For the military use of this facility, see Bakalar Air Force Base
Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: CLU, ICAO: KBAK, FAA LID: BAK) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Columbus, a city in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BAK by the FAA and CLU by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KBAK.[2]
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[edit] History
Columbus Municipal Airport is on the site of the former World War II Atterbury Army Airfield and United States Air Force Bakalar Air Force Base.
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Columbus Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,000 acres (810 ha) at an elevation of 656 feet (200 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved 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]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 39,155 aircraft operations, an average of 107 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% military. At that time there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 7% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BAK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: CLU / KBAK - Columbus, Indiana
[edit] External links
- Columbus Municipal Airport
- Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
- FAA Airport Diagram for Columbus Municipal (BAK) (PDF), effective 8 March 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Columbus Municipal (BAK), effective 8 March 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KBAK
- ASN accident history for CLU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
