Columbus Municipal Airport Map Print (BAK)

BAK KBAK Columbus, Indiana

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your BAK artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Columbus's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Columbus Municipal Airport (BAK), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Columbus's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Columbus Municipal

BAK · Columbus, Indiana

39.2619° N · 85.8963° W
Field elevation 656 ft

Identifier

BAK

ICAO code

KBAK

Field elevation

656ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

3°W

Runways

05/236,401 × 150 ft

14/325,000 × 100 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Columbus Municipal Airport Runway Diagram Print

Columbus Municipal reads as one clean X. The print draws both of the field's concrete runways, and they cross a little above the center of the sheet: 5/23, the long one at 6,401 by 150 feet, running from lower left to upper right, and 14/32 at 5,000 by 100 feet, cutting the opposite way from upper left to lower right. Neither strip is parallel to the paper edge, so the whole figure sits at an angle inside the margins. Taxiways and aprons stay in a lighter tone along the left and lower sides, which lets the two runways carry the composition on their own.

The field sits on the site of the former Atterbury Army Airfield, a World War II Army Air Forces facility, and of Bakalar Air Force Base, a Cold War era Air Force installation used primarily by the Air Force Reserve. It was the host base for the 434th Troop Carrier Wing from 1949 to 1952 and again from 1953 to 1969. The terminal building was completely renovated in 2015. Columbus Municipal is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, and the print carries the field elevation of 656 feet in the caption block under the identifier.

As art, a crossing pair like this is easy to live with. The X has a natural balance no single strip field can offer, it holds its shape from across the room, and it works in a stairwell or above a desk without needing a caption to explain itself. Hang it near a larger field such as Indianapolis or Louisville and the contrast in scale becomes the story: BAK is a compact two-runway field whose geometry stays legible at any size, in whichever colorway you choose.

Columbus (BAK) print, common questions

Where is Columbus Municipal Airport?

It is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Indiana. The print sets the coordinates, 39.2619 N and 85.8963 W, beneath the identifier.

How many runways does BAK have, and how long are they?

Two, both concrete. Runway 5/23 is 6,401 by 150 feet and runway 14/32 is 5,000 by 100 feet. Both appear in the print, crossing above the middle of the sheet.

What is the field elevation at Columbus Municipal?

656 feet. That figure is printed in the caption block in the lower corner, under the city and state line.

What does BAK mean?

BAK is the three-letter location identifier for Columbus Municipal, and it is the code set in large type on the print. The airport name, city and state sit directly below it.

How accurate is the diagram to the published layout?

The runway pair is plotted from published runway data, so the relative lengths, widths and crossing angle follow the published layout for the field. It is a design piece rather than a navigation chart, so fine details may be simplified or omitted. Things like markings, lighting, signage and small structures are left out on purpose to keep the two runways reading cleanly at wall distance.

What sizes does this come in, and does it work as a gift?

It is made to order in several sizes and finishes, in the colorway you choose, and it ships free within the US. It suits pilots who trained or based at BAK, anyone from Columbus, and readers of the field's Army Air Forces and Air Force Reserve history.