Business View Magazine | March 2020

175 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 runways: 11/29 is 8,601 x 150 ft., and 5/23 is 8,001 x 150 ft. It also has a 50 x 50 ft. helipad. The Airport is served by American, Delta, and United Airlines, which, together, offer more than 30 daily, non-stop flights with connections to nine large U.S. Cities. Columbia Metropolitan is also the state’s top cargo airport, served by FedEx, and UPS Airlines, which has one of its regional hubs there. It maintains a newly dedicated air cargo terminal, the Columbia Airport Enterprise Park (CAE Park) and Foreign Trade Zone #127. CAE also has multiple general aviation aprons serving its two FBOs: Columbia Aviation and Eagle Aviation. Both FBOs have fueling and aircraft maintenance facilities, large corporate hangar facilities, as well as T-Hangars and canopies. The Airport’s passenger terminal opened in 1965, replacing one that was built in the early 1950s; it was last renovated in 1997. The Airport has 58 employees, is self-sufficient, COLUMB I A METROPOL I TAN A I RPORT