# Columbus Municipal Airport (CLU / KBAK)

**Columbus Municipal Airport** (IATA: CLU, ICAO: KBAK) is a medium airport in Columbus, Indiana, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,401 ft (1,951 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbak

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CLU / KBAK
- FAA: BAK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Columbus, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 656 ft / 200 m
- Coordinates: 39.2624, -85.8956
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,401 ft / 1,951 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Municipal_Airport_(Indiana) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656825
- Weather station: KBAK
- Ident: KBAK

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Columbus Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,401 ft / 1,951 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 14/32 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00594AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,401 ft / 1,951 m | =4,173 of 29,858 | =1,078 in North America | =829 in US |
| Elevation | 656 ft / 200 m | =24,243 of 43,403 | =11,637 in North America | =9,677 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | INDIANAPOLIS APP/DEP | 134.850 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.750 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 112.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [IND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kind.md) Indianapolis International Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [BMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmg.md) Monroe County Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 67 mi / 108 km
- [LOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klou.md) Bowman Field · 73 mi / 117 km
- [MIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmie.md) Delaware County Johnson Field · 73 mi / 117 km
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 76 mi / 122 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbak/data