Columbus Metropolitan Airport

Coordinates: 32°30′59″N 084°56′20″W / 32.51639°N 84.93889°W / 32.51639; -84.93889
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This article is about an airport in Georgia. For similarly named airports, see Columbus Airport (disambiguation).
Columbus Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerColumbus Airport Commission
ServesColumbus, Georgia
Elevation AMSL397 ft / 121 m
Coordinates32°30′59″N 084°56′20″W / 32.51639°N 84.93889°W / 32.51639; -84.93889
Websitewww.FlyColumbusGA.com
Map
CSG is located in Georgia
CSG
CSG
Location of airport in Georgia / United States
CSG is located in the United States
CSG
CSG
CSG (the 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 operations23,658
Based aircraft133
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 Atlanta.

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
(October 2016 – September 2017)[7]
Rank City Passengers
1 Atlanta, Georgia 43,630

Incidents

  • On August 17, 1984, a Mooney M20, flying from Tennessee to Florida, stopped in Columbus to refuel and crashed shortly after takeoff. There were 4 fatalities.[8]
  • On July 19, 2009, at around 6:15 PM, a Rutan VariEze, containing 1 man, crashed shortly after take off. There was 1 fatality.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbus Airport (official website)". Columbus Airport Commission. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for CSG – Columbus Metropolitan 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. {{cite web}}: 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. {{cite web}}: 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (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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