KOLU is the ICAO code for Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA OLU), located in Columbus, NE.
Columbus Municipal Airport (KOLU) is a medium airport in Columbus, NE. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KOLU or IATA code OLU. It sits in North America.
Columbus Municipal Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,801-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,801 ft (2,073 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 lies at 1,447 ft elevation.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. 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 42 departing and 113 arriving private-jet legs at KOLU across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KOLU 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.