Columbus Municipal Airport (Nebraska)

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Coordinates: 41°26′53″N 097°20′34″W / 41.44806, -97.34278

Columbus Municipal Airport
IATA: OLU – ICAO: KOLU – FAA: OLU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Columbus Airport Authority
Serves		Columbus, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL		1,447 ft / 441 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14/32	6,800	2,073	Concrete
2/20	4,135	1,260	Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			15,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: OLU, ICAO: KOLU, FAA LID: OLU) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Columbus, in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by the Columbus Airport Authority.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Columbus Municipal Airport covers an area of 602 acres (244 ha) which contains two runways: 14/32 with a concrete pavement measuring 6,800 x 100 ft. (2,073 x 30 m) and 2/20 with a turf surface measuring 4,135 x 150 ft. (1,260 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2007, the airport had 15,000 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for OLU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25

[edit] External links

• Aerial photo at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KOLU
  • ASN accident history for OLU
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KOLU