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).
Weather right now KCUB · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:24 pm EDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, gusting to 15, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCUB 062153Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02500122
TAF KCUB 061724Z 0618/0718 07008G15KT P6SM FEW050 FM070000 06004KT P6SM FEW250 FM071400 07005KT P6SM FEW250
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
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.