Columbus Metropolitan Airport (Georgia)

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Columbus Metropolitan Airport
IATA: CSGICAO: KCSGFAA LID: CSG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Columbus Airport Commission
Serves Columbus, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 397 ft / 121 m
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Website www.FlyColumbusGA.com
Map
CSG is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Location of airport in Georgia
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 Metropolitan Airport[1] (IATA: CSGICAO: KCSGFAA LID: CSG) 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

Airlines Destinations
Delta Connection Atlanta

Incidents

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  • 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.[7]
  • On July 19, 2009, at around 6:15 PM, a Rutan VariEze, containing 1 man, crashed shortly after take off. There was 1 fatality.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 FAA Airport Master Record for CSG – Columbus Metropolitan (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
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