Columbus Municipal Airport (Nebraska)

41°26′53″N 097°20′34″W / 41.44806°N 97.34278°W / 41.44806; -97.34278

Columbus Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerColumbus Airport Authority
ServesColumbus, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL1,447 ft / 441 m
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 6,801 2,073 Concrete
2/20 4,135 1,260 Turf
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/26/2023)8,000

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.

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for OLU PDF, effective July 11, 2024.