Port Columbus International Airport

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Port Columbus International Airport
IATA: CMH - ICAO: KCMH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Serves Columbus, Ohio
Elevation AMSL 815 ft (248.4 m)
Coordinates 39°59′52.7″N, 82°53′30.8″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10R/28L 10,125 3,086 Asphalt
10L/28R 8,000 2,438 Asphalt

Port Columbus International Airport (IATA: CMH, ICAO: KCMH) is a public airport located 6 miles (10 km) east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Port Columbus is known for displaying a large amount of community artwork.

[edit] History

The airport opened July 8, 1929, on a site originally selected by Charles Lindbergh, as the eastern air terminus of the Transcontinental Air Transport air-rail New York to Los Angeles intercontinental route. Passengers traveled overnight on the Pennsylvania Railroad's luxury Airway Limited from New York to Columbus; by air from Columbus to Waynoka, Oklahoma; by rail again from Waynoka to Clovis, New Mexico; and finally by air from Clovis to Los Angeles. The original terminal building and hangars still exist, and are in use; the former terminal has been restored and is used for rental office space, while the original hangars are still used for airport operations.

[edit] Facilities

Port Columbus International Airport covers 2,164 acres and has two runways:

  • Runway 10R/28L: 10,251 x 150 ft. (3,125 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 10L/28R: 8,000 x 150 ft. (2,438 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

A large new terminal, in conjunction with the existing terminal, is in the planning stages. The new facility will be constructed gradually to accommodate demand. Initial phase will include an 8-10 gate terminal that will function in unison with the existing terminal. To make room for the proposed terminal and to allow for future air traffic growth, the south runway will be relocated 700 feet to the south of its current position. The new terminal will gradually replace the existing terminal and will ultimately consist of 75 gates once passenger numbers reach 20 million, projected to be sometime in the 2030's decade. A new 225ft control tower was recently constructed, as well.

Two fixed-based operators are on-site: Lane Aviation and Million Air.

In 2001, Executive Jet Aviation (now known as NetJets Inc.) opened up a 200,000 square foot (18,580 m²) operational headquarters at Port Columbus International Airport.

[edit] Airlines

The first major airline to fly into Port Columbus was TWA (whose predecessor company was Transcontinental Air Transport), and it kept a presence at Columbus over the next seventy years during the era of airline regulation. TWA offered a club for exclusive passengers up until 2000 when America West took over a gate held by TWA and the club itself due to financial problems.

Port Columbus International Airport was formerly a hub of America West Airlines in the 1990's, but the company closed the hub in 2003. America West eliminated the Columbus hub as result of financial losses at the hub, overall financial losses at the airline, and a weak airline market after September 11, 2001.

Currently, Delta Air Lines has a small focus city operation at Port Columbus.

The airport may serve as future hub and corporate offices of the new discount carrier, Skybus Airlines. Scheduled launch dates for the airline have been planned for 2007, pending DOT and FAA approval. Though no destinations have been announced, speculation has it that they plan to fly to cities not currently served non-stop from Columbus. The top cities without non-stop service from Columbus include San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, San Antonio, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Portland and Jacksonville. While some of these cities possibly warrant non-stop service today, it is unclear which ones, if any, will be served by Skybus in the future.

The carriers transporting the most passengers from Port Columbus are Southwest, Delta and US Airways.

Port Columbus has 3 concourses containing a total of 39 gates:

[edit] Concourse A

Concourse A has 7 Gates: A1 - A7

[edit] Concourse B

Concourse B has 21 Gates: B16 - B26, B28 - B32, B33A, B33B, B34 - B36

[edit] Concourse C

Concourse C has 11 Gates: C46 - C56

  • Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City [starts Dec. 14, 2006])
    • Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, New York-JFK, Orlando, Tampa, Washington-Reagan)
    • Delta Connection operated by Comair (Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Fort Myers, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan)
    • Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando)
    • Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America (Atlanta, Salt Lake City [ends December 13, 2006])
  • JetBlue Airways (Boston, New York-JFK)
  • USA 3000 Airlines (Cancun [seasonal], Fort Lauderdale [seasonal])

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