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Columbus Municipal Airport

39.26190°N
-85.89630°W
ARR / DAY
18
▲ 65.3%
DEP / DAY
18
▲ 49.4%

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 18 arrivals and 18 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

8h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
4 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBAK 240145Z 31004KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3001 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

5 total
TOP 9 59
Leadership IN Flight Training 75% Royal AIR Freight 8% Aerofan 7% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 7% ATP Flight School 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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IND 7
US-0305 4
KOVO 4
2IN7 2
SER 2
YKF 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 5
Leadership IN Flight Training
44
Royal AIR Freight
5
Aerofan
4
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
4
ATP Flight School
2

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 7 0h 32m
CLUUS-0305
Walesboro, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 4 0h 9m
CLUKOVO
North Vernon, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 4 0h 51m
CLU2IN7
Columbus, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 22m
CLUSER
Seymour, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 19m
CLUYKF
Kitchener, CA
 Aerofan 2 1h 47m
CLUKRID
Richmond, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 48m
CLUPTK
Pontiac, US
 Royal AIR Freight 2 3h 21m
CLUOXD
Oxford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 2 0h 47m
CLUKI34
Greensburg, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 32m
CLU28IL
Leaf River, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 1h 54m
CLU07II
North Vernon, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 12m
CLURWI
Rocky Mount, US
 Royal AIR Freight 1 1h 5m
CLUBFR
Bedford, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 10m
CLUUES
Waukesha, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 2h 21m
CLU94IN
Hartsville, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 33m
CLULPO
La Porte, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 1h 40m
CLUMLI
Moline, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 1h 48m
CLUII76
Medora, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 0h 54m
CLUKHFY
Indianapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 1 0h 55m

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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