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Columbia-Adair County

I96 · Columbia, Kentucky · Adair County · map

Columbia-Adair County is a public-use airport owned by Columbia-Adair CO. Arpt Board, 2 miles southwest of Columbia, Kentucky, 819 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA I96
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Columbia-Adair CO. Arpt Board
Elevation
819 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
St Louis sectional
Magnetic variation
2W
In the FAA's files since
June 1982

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/262,600 × 60 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 21 ft high 299 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8

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Aircraft registered in Columbia from the FAA register

19 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbia, Kentucky: 13 piston singles, 6 drones. 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 Kentucky.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2021-04-30ERA21LA205 · Piper Pa-28-161 N2136M · accident · no injuries

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

  • VFR use only; ludot airport is closed.
  • Activate PAPI runway 8 and runway 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 - the common traffic frequency.
  • 24 hour credit card service available.

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.