Columbus Metropolitan Airport

Columbus Airport
Summary
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 / 32.51639; -84.93889Coordinates: 32°30′59″N 084°56′20″W / 32.51639°N 84.93889°W / 32.51639; -84.93889
Website www.FlyColumbusGA.com
Map
CSG
CSG

Location of airport in Georgia / United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,997 2,133 Asphalt
13/31 3,997 1,218 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 23,658
Based aircraft 133
Sources: Airport,[1] FAA,[2] Georgia DOT[3]

Columbus Airport[1] (IATA: CSG, ICAO: KCSG, FAA LID: CSG) formerly known as the Columbus Metropolitan Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Columbus, a city in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States.[2] It is owned by the Columbus Airport Commission.[2] Serving Georgia's second largest city, it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport. It has a large percentage of general aviation traffic with one carrier (Delta Connection/ExpressJet) that provides commercial routes to the city.

As per FAA records, the airport had 51,288 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 48,526 enplanements in 2009, and 63,726 in 2010.[5] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[6]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 680 acres (275 ha) at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved 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]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 23,658 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 80% general aviation, 16% air taxi, 2% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. At that time there were 133 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 1% helicopter.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Delta Connection Atlanta

Destination statistics

Busiest domestic routes from CSG
(February 2016 – January 2017)[7]
Rank City Passengers
1 Atlanta, Georgia 39,000

Incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 "Columbus Airport (official website)". Columbus Airport Commission. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for CSG – Columbus Metropolitan (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ "CSG – Columbus Metropolitan". Georgia Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27. External link in |work= (help)
  7. ↑ "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  8. ↑ "CSG crash info". Ledger-Enquirer.com. July 20, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Plane Crash at Columbus Airport". WTVM.com. July 19, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2010.


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