Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport
CUB · KCUB · Columbia, South Carolina · Richland County · map
Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Richland, 2 miles south of Columbia, South Carolina, 193 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,011 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 104 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 25,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
Its FAA code is CUB, and its ICAO code is KCUB.
Where is Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
It is 2 miles south of Columbia, South Carolina, 193 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,011 feet long, asphalt.
Does Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 6 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CUB · ICAO KCUB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Richland
- Elevation
- 193 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 807 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,011 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 77 ft high 1,096 ft from the end
- Runway 31: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 391 ft, 4,599 ft available for landing, tree 64 ft high 1,053 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.4 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.4 | |
| Cub and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.675 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 803-929-0665.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Columbia Metro Airport (6 nm west), Fairfield County (21 nm north), Woodward Field (28 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1958.
- Railroad switching yard parallel to runway 13/31.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway end identifier lightss runways 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 807 feet above ground level / 1000 feet above sea level.
- Contract fuel for military.
- Runway 31, 18 fttrees, 160 feet from thld 56 feet left of centerline.
- 400 feet stwy northwest end of runway.
- PAPI runway 13 unusable beyond 8 degrees RT.
- Runway 13 71 feet tree 148 feet left of centerline and 1096 feet from thld, 40 feet power lines 180 feet right of centerline and 958 feet from thld, 30 feet building 140 feet right and 900 feet from thld, 27 feet building 653 feet from thld and 172 feet left.
- Avoid noise sensitive area north of airport below 1500 feet.
- No northbound departure turns either runway below 1500 feet.
- Runway to taxiway separation is 206 feet. The separation design criterion is not fully met for aircraft 12,500 pounds and larger
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 93 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,652 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,826 |
| general aviation, local | 12,522 |
| military | 1,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbia from the FAA register
93 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbia, South Carolina: 69 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 5 helicopters, 5 business jets, 3 turboprops. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · West Columbia, 6 miles away Eagle Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in West Columbia, South Carolina, operating from two locations: Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Jim Hamilton - LB Owens Airport.
Repair stations in Columbia:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance).
- William Porcher Dubose private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Hamilton-Owens Columbia Downtown Airport · Columbia, SC (6 nm) · (803) 256-3544 · [email protected]
- Timothy Wayne Mitchell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, SC (14 nm) · (803) 920-9859 · [email protected]
- Jeanette Renee Hibpshman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Lexington County Airport, Terminal Building · Pelion, SC (16 nm) · (803) 298-9175 · [email protected]
- Franklin Robert Burbank private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Camden FBO · Camden, SC (28 nm) · (352) 223-2883 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · FBO · Aiken, SC (39 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
All 14 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Columbia 93 aircraft · 69 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 5 helicopters
- Usda Forest Service Fepp 7 aircraft in town
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 3 aircraft in town
- University of South Carolina 2 aircraft in town
- South Carolina Forestry Commission 2 aircraft in town
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Aircraft Maintenance Services INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,111 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CUB.json.
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 26, 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.