This article is about an airport in Georgia, United States. For similarly named airports, see Columbus Airport (disambiguation).

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.

Facilities

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 and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Delta Connection Atlanta[7]

Destination statistics

Busiest domestic routes from CSG
(February 2023 – January 2024)[8]
Rank City Passengers
1 Atlanta, Georgia 50,220
2 Charlotte, North Carolina 3,610
3 Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas 1,230

Incidents

  • On August 17, 1984, after stopping to refuel on a flight from Tennessee to Florida, a Mooney M20 crashed shortly after takeoff. There were four fatalities.[9]
  • On July 19, 2009, at around 6:15 pm, a Rutan VariEze crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot was the sole occupant and was killed.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbus Airport (official website)". Columbus Airport Commission. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for CSG – Columbus Metropolitan PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  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.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  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 September 27, 2012.
  7. ^ "American Airlines to end service from Columbus Airport". WTVM. January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  9. ^ "CSG crash info". Ledger-Enquirer.com. July 20, 2009.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Plane Crash at Columbus Airport". WTVM.com. July 19, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2010.

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