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📍 Batesville⬆ 973 ft1 runways
KHLB · HLB

Hillenbrand Industries Airport

39.34450°N
-85.25830°W
ARR / DAY
1
20.0%
DEP / DAY
1
28.6%

Hillenbrand Industries Airport (KHLB/HLB) is a small general aviation airport located in Batesville, IN, 43 mi west of Cincinnati. It features 1 runway measuring 5,933 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHLB 042015Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW055 FEW065 SCT100 34/24 A2998 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

5,933 FT MAX
18/36
5,933 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
76% of ops
28 land · 9 TO
36
24% of ops
9 land · 7 TO
Runway 18 carries 76% of operations (28 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 28 landings
UA 4%
36 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 28 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.7
flights/day · 51 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.9 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (15% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 128.700
APCH 254.250
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 124.075
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Elevation:
975 ft
Mag var:
5° W
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