Columbus Airport
(formerly Columbus Metropolitan Airport) is four miles northeast of
Columbus, in
Muscogee County, Georgia
Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia; its western border with the state of Alabama is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,922. Its county se ...
, United States.
Serving
Georgia's second largest city, it is
Georgia's fourth busiest airport.
FAA records say the airport had 51,288 passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year
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2008, 48,526 in 2009 and 63,726 in 2010. The
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. NPIAS was developed and now maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2011–2015
categorized
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it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
Eastern Airlines flights began about 1944, Delta arrived in 1947 and Southern in 1949; Eastern and Southern pulled out in 1979 and Delta's last mainline flights were in 1995–96.
In 1968 Southern was allowed to start nonstop
DC-9s Columbus to
Dulles International Airport outside of
Washington, D.C., three a day, all continuing to
LaGuardia Airport in
New York City. The flights continued (two to four a day) until 1979.
Facilities
The airport covers 680 acres (275
ha) at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m). It has two asphalt runways: 6/24 is 6,997 by 150 feet (2,133 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 3,997 by 150 feet (1,218 x 46 m).
In 2011 the airport had 23,658 aircraft operations, average 64 per day: 80%
general aviation, 16%
air taxi, 2% airline, and 2% military. 133 aircraft were then based at the airport: 79% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 1%
helicopter.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Destination statistics
Incidents
* On August 17, 1984, after stopping to refuel on a flight from
Tennessee to Florida, a
Mooney M20
The Mooney M20 is a family of piston-powered, four-seat, propeller-driven, general aviation aircraft, all featuring low wings and tricycle gear, manufactured by the Mooney International Corporation.Munson, Kenneth & Michael Taylor: ''Jane's ...
crashed shortly after takeoff. There were four fatalities.
* On July 19, 2009, at around 6:15 pm, a
Rutan VariEze crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot was the sole occupant and was killed.
References
External links
Columbus Airport official website
Aerial image as of February 1999from
USGS ''
The National Map''
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