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Columbus Municipal Airport

39.26190°N
-85.89630°W
ARR / DAY
16
▼ 35.3%
DEP / DAY
20
▼ 20.7%

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 6,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 16 arrivals and 20 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

3h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBAK 131745Z 00000KT 10SM SCT022 29/24 A2996

Runways

2 installed

6,400 FT MAX
05/23
6,400 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

12 total
TOP 9 53
Leadership IN Flight Training 60% Royal AIR Freight 13% Nicholas Services 6% Deer JET 6% JET OUT 4% Executive JET Management 4% Netjets Aviation 4% LGM Enterprises 2% NON 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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IND 4
SDF 4
PTK 3
LRD 2
KOVO 2
45IN 2

Carriers

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Leadership IN Flight Training
32
Royal AIR Freight
7
Nicholas Services
3
Deer JET
3
JET OUT
2
Executive JET Management
2
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Netjets Aviation
2
LGM Enterprises
1
NON
1
Royal Oman Police
1
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
1
ATP Flight School
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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See all routes → 29 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CLUIND
Indianapolis, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 4 1h 3m
CLUPTK
Pontiac, US
 Royal AIR Freight 3 0h 43m
CLUSDF
Louisville, US
 Deer JET 3 1h 1m
CLULRD
Laredo, US
 Royal AIR Freight 2 2h 30m
CLUKOVO
North Vernon, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 1h 1m
CLU45IN
North Vernon, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 16m
CLUOXD
Oxford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 44m
CLU94IN
Hartsville, US
 NON 1 0h 5m
CLUBFR
Bedford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 28m
CLUSDF
Louisville, US
 Royal Oman Police 1 1h 11m
CLU2IN7
Columbus, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 2m
CLUBZN
Bozeman, US
 JET OUT 1 3h 34m
CLUMDW
Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 34m
CLUMKE
Milwaukee, US
 JET OUT 1 0h 47m
CLUPDK
Atlanta, US
 Executive JET Management 1 1h 8m
CLUUS-0305
Walesboro, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 8m
CLU94IN
Hartsville, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 22m
CLUPWK
Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 47m
CLUKMQJ
Indianapolis, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 21m
CLUPWK
Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, US
 Executive JET Management 1 0h 48m

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
6/11/2012
aka CLU
10.06.12, FAA document called Columbus Municipal Airport: CLU fyi..
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