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Columbus Municipal Airport

39.26190°N
-85.89630°W
ARR / DAY
13
▼ 26.4%
DEP / DAY
11
▼ 39.5%

Columbus Municipal Airport (KBAK/CLU) is a medium general aviation airport located in Columbus, IN, 38 mi south of Indianapolis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,401 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBAK 270145Z 15005KT 10SM SCT029 SCT047 BKN085 22/21 A2994 RMK LAST

Runways

2 installed

6,401 FT MAX
05/23
6,401 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

7 total
TOP 9 40
Leadership IN Flight Training 50% ATP Flight School 22% Aerofan 10% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 8% Ameristar JET Charter 5% LGM Enterprises 2% Secure AIR Charter 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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KHFY 6
IND 5
KOVO 3
YKF 2
UES 2
K3I3 2

Carriers

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Leadership IN Flight Training
20
ATP Flight School
9
Aerofan
4
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
3
Ameristar JET Charter
2
LGM Enterprises
1
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Secure AIR Charter
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.600 —
TWR 118.600 0630-2200
GND 121.600 0630-2200
APCH 134.850 —
APCH 317.800 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 119.750 —
LCL/P 118.600 0630-2200
OTHER 134.850 —
CD/P 134.850 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KBAK · last 7d

1 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CLUKHFY
Indianapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 6 0h 27m
CLUIND
Indianapolis, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 5 1h 0m
CLUKOVO
North Vernon, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 3 0h 23m
CLUYKF
Kitchener, CA
 Aerofan 2 1h 42m
CLUUES
Waukesha, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 2h 26m
CLUK3I3
Terre Haute, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 2 0h 37m
CLUOXD
Oxford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 47m
CLUFWA
Fort Wayne, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 1h 17m
CLUBFR
Bedford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 10m
CLU28IL
Leaf River, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 1h 54m
CLUATW
Appleton, US
 Ameristar JET Charter 1 0h 58m
CLUBNA
Nashville, US
 Secure AIR Charter 1 0h 37m
CLUKAJR
Cornelia, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 3m
CLUMLI
Moline, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 1h 48m
CLUKPCW
Port Clinton, US
 Aerofan 1 0h 59m
CLULRD
Laredo, US
 Ameristar JET Charter 1 2h 40m
CLUDAY
Dayton, US
 Aerofan 1 0h 28m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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tshiverd
11/30/2017
Great little airport,
Towered, breakfast and lunch restaurant on the ramp, and a great little WW2 museum. Used to be a glider training base.
Landis
06/11/2012
aka CLU
10.06.12, FAA document called Columbus Municipal Airport: CLU fyi..
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