Columbia Metropolitan Airport
The South Carolina Air National Guard has concluded its temporary relocation operation out of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in which F-16s from McEntire Joint National Guard Base were operating since May of 2022. “This was a complex partnership to pull off, that involved a lot of moving parts, and I’m incredibly proud to say that […]
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American Airlines has announced that it will be starting a new nonstop route from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) beginning July 6, 2023. The route is available now to be booked on the American Airlines website. “American Airlines is delighted to offer new service between Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Chicago O’Hare International […]
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From Columbia Metropolitan Airport – Final numbers are in, and in 2022 Columbia Metropolitan Airport welcomed more than 1 million passengers through the airport – a 21% increase over 2021’s passenger traffic. In total, CAE saw 527,599 enplanements (those travelers starting their travel journey at CAE) and a total of 1,063,630 total passengers through the […]
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Heads up if you live near the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE): The 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina Air National Guard is conducting nighttime training flights this week (July 18-21) according to a Lexington County report. Anyone working or living near the airport may see and hear F-16 fighter jets taking off or landing […]
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Have you heard the jets? Have you seen them? The South Carolina Air National Guard started full operations out of Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The F-16 fleet is conducting flights from the airport during a temporary relocation operation from McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover. The temporary operation will last for six months, as McEntire […]
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The South Carolina Air National Guard has announced a temporary relocation operation of F-16s from McEntire Joint National Guard Base to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The temporary operation, set to begin in April and last for six months, comes as McEntire will soon begin resurfacing its current F-16 runway. “Thank you to our partner the […]
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A Columbia man is accused of flying home from California with more than 40 pounds of marijuana and $4,000 in his suitcases. Kevin Antwan Simmons, 43, is charged with trafficking marijuana, according to a warrant for his arrest.“Law enforcement officers from the Sacramento area notified South Carolina-based Drug Enforcement Administration agents that Simmons was flying […]
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Firefighters from Lexington County Fire Services, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Batesburg-Leesville and Irmo were dispatched to the 300 block of Broad Street – to Derrick’s Service Center – in reference to a commercial structure fire. Upon arrival several vehicles and a gas tanker were on fire. Firefighters immediately began extinguishing the fire and fire-suppressing foam was […]
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