Columbus Airport
IATA: CSG ICAO: KCSG FAA LID: CSG
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; -84.93889
Website	www.FlyColumbusGA.com
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 6,997 2,133 Asphalt 13/31 3,997 1,218 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 11/30/2022) 37,662 Based aircraft 132
Sources: Airport,[1] FAA,[2] Georgia DOT[3]

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

Destinations map
Columbus Atlanta Destinations from Columbus Metropolitan Airport Red = Current destination Blue = Future destination Pink = Destination being terminated

Destination statistics

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]