KBAK Columbus Municipal Airport
Columbus, IN · 3 miles N of COLUMBUS, IN
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KBAK
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 656.1 ft
- Coordinates
- 39-15-42.8940N 085-53-46.8200W
- Lat / Long
- 39.261915, -85.8963389
- Mag. variation
- 03W (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 02/1944
- ARTCC
- INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- BAK (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- SUN-THU 24 HOURS/DAY, ALL FRI-SAT 0600-2300 AFT HR - 812-372-1819.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSR RWY 23; REIL RWY 05, 14 & 32; HIRL RWY 05/23; MIRL RWY 14/32 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 5, 14, 23 & 32 ON CONSLY.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KBAK
Runways
Longest 6,401 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6401 x 150 ft. / 1951 x 46 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 75.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 048 magnetic, 045 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:6401 TODA:6401 ASDA:6401 LDA:6401
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 650.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 74 ft. tower, 3040 ft. from runway, 94 ft. right of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear
Runway 23
- Heading
- 228 magnetic, 225 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6401 TODA:6401 ASDA:6401 LDA:6401
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 656.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 14
- Heading
- 138 magnetic, 135 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 654.5 ft.
Runway 32
- Heading
- 318 magnetic, 315 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 651.5 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 118.6
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Wx Awos-3
- 119.75 (812-376-7584)
- Columbus Ground
- 121.6 [0630-2200]
- Columbus Tower
- 118.6 [0630-2200]
- Indianapolis Approach
- 134.85
- Indianapolis Departure
- 134.85
- Clearance Delivery
- 134.85 ;CTC APCH CTL
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.