Columbus Municipal Airport (Nebraska)
41°26′53″N 097°20′34″W / 41.44806°N 97.34278°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Columbus Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Columbus, Nebraska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,447 ft / 441 m | ||||||||||||||
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Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: OLU, ICAO: KOLU, FAA LID: OLU) is a mile (2 km) northeast of Columbus, in Platte County, Nebraska. It is owned by the Columbus Airport Authority;[1] it has 100LL and JetA fuel for sale.
The first airline flights were Mid-West Airlines Cessna 190s in 1950–51. Frontier DC-3s arrived in 1965; its last Convair 580 left in 1979.
Facilities
[edit]The airport covers 602 acres (244 ha), and has two runways: 14/32 is 6,801 x 100 ft (2,073 x 30 m) concrete and 2/20 is 4,135 x 150 ft (1,260 x 46 m) turf.
In the year ending July 26, 2023, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, average 22 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for OLU PDF, effective July 11, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OLU
- AirNav airport information for KOLU
- ASN accident history for OLU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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