KCAE Columbia Metro Airport
Columbia, SC · 5 miles SW of COLUMBIA, SC
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KCAE
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 235.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 33-56-19.8170N 081-07-10.3280W
- Lat / Long
- 33.9388381, -81.1195356
- Mag. variation
- 07W (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 06/1942
- ARTCC
- JACKSONVILLE CENTER
- FSS
- ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- CAE (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- SS-SR
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KCAE
Runways
Longest 8601 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 8601 x 150 ft. / 2622 x 46 m RWY 11 220 FT BY 400 FT BLAST PAD; RWY 29 220 FT BY 400 FT BLAST PAD.
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 11
- Heading
- 112 magnetic, 105 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- ALSF2: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category II or III)
- Declared distances
- TORA:8601 TODA:8601 ASDA:8601 LDA:8601
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, lighted
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 228.7 ft.
Runway 29
- Heading
- 292 magnetic, 285 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- ALSF2 ALSO OPERS AS SSALR.
- Declared distances
- TORA:8601 TODA:8601 ASDA:8506 LDA:8506
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 210.0 ft.
- Dimensions
- 50 x 50 ft. / 15 x 15 m
- Surface
- concrete, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- PERI
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 052 magnetic, 045 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:8001 TODA:8001 ASDA:7001 LDA:7001
- Markings
- none, in fair condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 236.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 23
- Heading
- 232 magnetic, 225 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:8001 TODA:8001 ASDA:8001 LDA:7001
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 1000 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 206.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 45 ft. tree, 1575 ft. from runway, 100 ft. left of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 9
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 120.15
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 803-369-6879
- Columbia Ground
- 121.9 348.6
- Columbia Tower
- 119.5 257.8
- Columbia Approach
- 124.15 ;110-289 133.4 ;290-109 285.6 ;290-109 338.2 ;110-289
- Columbia Departure
- 124.15 ;110-289 133.4 ;290-109 285.6 ;290-109 338.2 ;110-289
- Clearance Delivery
- 119.75
- Approach Lights
- ALSF2: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category II or III) ALSF2 ALSO OPERS AS SSALR.
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.