Columbus Metropolitan Airport


Columbus Airport is four miles northeast of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. Serving Georgia's third largest city, it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport.
FAA records say the airport had 51,288 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 48,526 in 2009 and 63,726 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
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 Washington Dulles, three a day, all continuing to La Guardia. The flights continued until 1979.

Facilities

The airport covers 680 acres at an elevation of 397 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 6/24 is 6,997 by 150 feet and 13/31 is 3,997 by 150 feet.
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.

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