KBAK Columbus Muni

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 27 min old · from KIND (33.1 nm away)

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23 26% 6401 ft

5 26% 6401 ft

14 24% 5000 ft

32 24% 5000 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 14 until 10-30 21:00Z

RWY 14 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 5 until 10-14 20:00Z

RWY 05 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

PRIOR runway length 6401 ft +0.03

Runway 5

PRIOR runway length 6401 ft +0.03

Runway 14

PRIOR runway length 5000 ft -0.03

Runway 32

PRIOR runway length 5000 ft -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	27 min	Nearest station KIND (33.1 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KBAK field & runways

Columbus Muni, Columbus, Indiana. Field elevation 656 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 3.0°W on record, 5.2°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.036°/year west — about 1° every 28 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
14	135.2°	140.3°	matches	5,000 ft	CONC	left
23	224.9°	230.1°	matches	6,401 ft	CONC	left	ILS
32	315.2°	320.3°	matches	5,000 ft	CONC	left
5	44.9°	50.1°	matches	6,401 ft	CONC	left

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KBAK ☆ Columbus Muni