Airports / South Carolina / CUB
Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport
KCUB / CUBColumbia, South CarolinaELEV 193 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#12 / 31
South Carolina airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 49 Google ratings — ranked against 31 rated SC fields.
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport, listed as KCUB / CUB, is a mid-sized airport in Columbia, South Carolina. The field lies at an elevation of 193 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
CUB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE, 7 nm), Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (MMT, 10 nm), and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC, 26 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CUB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CUB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KCUB
IATA
CUB
FAA / Local
CUB
Elevation
193 ft
Coordinates
33.9705° N · 80.9952° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs SC fields
state range 10–1,048 ft
At 193 ft, CUB sits lower than 58% of the 33 South Carolina fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 7nmCAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportColumbia
- 10nmMMTMc Entire Joint National Guard BaseEastover
- 26nmSSCShaw Air Force BaseSumter
- 32nmOGBOrangeburg Municipal AirportOrangeburg
- 60nmDNLDaniel FieldAugusta
- 60nmAGSAugusta Regional At Bush FieldAugusta
Location
Open the full mapKCUB · Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport · Columbia, SC
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