Columbia Metropolitan Airport

COLUMB I A METROPOL I TAN A I RPORT Another item on Gula’s agenda is ensuring that its two major cargo operators, UPS and FedEx, continue to remain viable. “Cargo is up almost 11 percent in 2019, over 2018, so we’ve seen steady growth over the past five years (up 22 percent) and we want to make sure that continues,” he reports. Passenger traffic at CAE was also up in 2019 – a 13 percent increase over 2018. Other highlights of the past year include: the addition of non-stop service to New York/La Guardia by American and Delta; new non-stop service by American to Miami, opening the Caribbean to Midlands area residents; a Mamava nursing pod installed in August, providing traveling mothers with a safe, clean, secure location to nurse their children; and upgraded lighting fixtures and HVAC system in CAE’s terminal building. Soon to be instituted, early this year, will be a new parking guidance system that utilizes red and green lights over each parking spot, signifying if a spot is available or not.