Columbus Municipal
BAK · KBAK · Columbus, Indiana · Bartholomew County · map
Columbus Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Columbus, 3 miles north of Columbus, Indiana, 656 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,401 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBAK · observed 3:45 pm EDT (19:45 UTC), 51 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Sat 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC), good until Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sat 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind light and variable, clear skies
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBAK 061945Z 16004KT 10SM CLR 22/04 A3006
TAF KBAK 261200Z 2612/2718 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3016INS TX21/2620Z TN08/2711Z
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BAK · ICAO KBAK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Columbus
- Elevation
- 656 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- Sunday to Thursday, around the clock; Friday to Saturday, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,401 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, tower 74 ft high 3,040 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.6 | Columbus |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | · Aircraft services - UNICOM. |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery Contact approach control | 134.85 | Columbus |
| Ground | 121.6 | Columbus |
| Bak and aWOS-3 | 119.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 812-376-7584.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Columbus from the FAA register
88 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbus, Indiana: 67 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 balloons, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Sawrs available.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 23; runway end identifier lights runway 05, 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 5, 14, 23 and 32 on continuously.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport; hvy act aug and sep.
- Ficons not mntd 5:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Aircraft services - UNICOM.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.