Columbus Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Columbus Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Columbus, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 397 ft / 121 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°30′59″N 084°56′20″W / 32.51639°N 84.93889°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.FlyColumbusGA.com | ||||||||||||||
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Columbus Airport [1] ( IATA: CSG, ICAO: KCSG, FAA LID: CSG) (formerly Columbus Metropolitan Airport) is four miles northeast of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. [2] 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 2008, [4] 48,526 in 2009 and 63,726 in 2010. [5] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). [6]
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.
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). [2]
In the year ending November 30, 2022 the airport had 37,662 aircraft operations, average 103 per day: 86% general aviation, 7% air taxi, 3% airline, and 4% military. 132 aircraft were then based at the airport: 106 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 7 jet, 2 helicopter, 1 glider and 3 ultralight. [2]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Delta Connection | Atlanta [7] |
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Rank | City | Passengers |
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1 | Atlanta, Georgia | 50,220 |
2 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 3,610 |
3 | Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas | 1,230 |