Columbus Municipal Airport (Indiana)
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- For the military use of this facility, see Bakalar Air Force Base.
Columbus Municipal Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.[1]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is BAK to the FAA and CLU to the IATA.[2]
History
The airport is on the site of the former World War II Atterbury Army Airfield, a U.S. Army Air Forces facility, and Bakalar Air Force Base, a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force installation utilized primarily by the Air Force Reserve. It was the host base for the 434th Troop Carrier Wing twice, from 1949 to 1952 and again from 1953 to 1969.
A Douglas DC-3 at the airport was destroyed in a wind storm in May 2022.[3]
Facilities
Columbus Municipal Airport covers Script error: No such module "convert". at an elevation of 656 feet (200 m). It has two concrete runways: 5/23 is 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
In 2005 the airport had 39,155 aircraft operations, average 107 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% military. In 2015, 77 aircraft were based at the airport: 58 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 7 jet, 2 helicopter, 1 glider and 1 ultra-light.[1]
The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is located at the airport.
Terminal
The airport completely renovated its terminal building in 2015.
See also
References
External links
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- Columbus Municipal Airport
- Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
- FAA Airport Diagram for Columbus Municipal (BAK) (PDF), effective Error: Invalid time.
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Columbus Municipal (BAK), effective Error: Invalid time.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BAK
- AirNav airport information for KBAK
- ASN accident history for CLU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
