KOLU Columbus Municipal Airport
Columbus, NE · 1 mile NE of COLUMBUS, NE
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KOLU
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1447.3 ft
- Coordinates
- 41-26-55.4000N 097-20-27.4000W
- Lat / Long
- 41.4487222, -97.3409444
- Mag. variation
- 03E (2025)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 08/1945
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- COLUMBUS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- OLU (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- DAYLIGHT HOURS FOR SVC AFT DARK CALL 402-910-5246.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MIRL RY 14/32; PAPI RY 14; VASI RY 32; REIL RY 32 & MALSR RY 14 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KOLU
Runways
Longest 6,801 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6801 x 100 ft. / 2073 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 43.0
Runway 14
- Heading
- 147 magnetic, 150 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOCALIZER
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:6800 TODA:6800 ASDA:6260 LDA:6260
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1447.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 32
- Heading
- 327 magnetic, 330 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6800 TODA:6800 ASDA:6800 LDA:5850
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 950 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1440.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- RWY 32 CLNC SLOPE 37:1 TO DSPLCD THR.
- Dimensions
- 4135 x 150 ft. / 1260 x 46 m
- Surface
- turf, in fair condition Runway edge markings
Runway 2
- Heading
- 027 magnetic, 030 true
- Displaced threshold
- 101 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1440.9 ft.
Runway 20
- Heading
- 207 magnetic, 210 true
- Displaced threshold
- RWY 02 END CONES MARK DSPLCD THLD; NOT RWY END.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1439.5 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.05
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 125.525 (402-563-3895)
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- LOCALIZER
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CONTACT 402-910-5246.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CONTACT 402-910-5246.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.