Columbus Municipal Airport

Columbus Municipal Airport (KBAK) is a medium airport in Columbus, IN. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBAK or IATA code CLU. It sits in North America.

Columbus Municipal Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,401-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 6,401 ft (1,951 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Columbus Municipal Airport sits near sea level at 656 ft.

Local operations run on America/Indiana/Indianapolis. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 174 departing and 63 arriving private-jet legs at KBAK across the next six months of operator inventory. 1 aircraft from 5 operators are based here or fly through regularly, so most empty-leg supply originates from a local fleet rather than out-of-town repositioning.

Regional fields like KBAK are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Columbus Municipal Airport is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.