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Decorative and semi-natural ponds bordering the sides of the airport terminal can be used by the airport fire department to put out fires. The air traffic control tower is 105 feet (32 m) tall. More than 1.1 million passengers travel through Columbia Metropolitan Airport each year. More than 1,400 people work at the airport.
In November 1966, the city had obtained 183 acres for the airport site. By August 11, 1967, ground was broken, officially beginning construction on Columbia Regional Airport. The main 6500-foot runway had its dedication November 2, 1968 and the new Columbia Regional Airport opened in December 1968. The airport bond was paid off in the spring of ...
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (Santa Barbara Airport) P-S 638,799 Santa Maria: SMX: SMX KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport (Capt G. Allan Hancock Field) P-N 14,409 Santa Rosa: STS: STS KSTS Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport: P-N 318,196 Stockton: SCK: SCK KSCK Stockton Metropolitan Airport: P-N 67,688 COLORADO: Alamosa: ALS: ALS KALS
Attendees of a sneak-peek tour were taken through what is planned for each area of the 52,000-square-foot facility, which is set to open this fall.
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It was named Columbia Municipal Airport, and on April 24, 1930, the new airport was dedicated. [4] In celebration, an airshow with more than 15,000 people attending saw notable aviators like the President of the Curtiss Flying Service, Casey Jones, Bill Winston (the flying instructor of Charles Lindbergh ), and Elliot White Springs.
On January 21, 2010, the airport was renamed from Columbus Metropolitan Airport to the more simplified Columbus Airport at the onset of a $3.3 million renovation project that occurred in 2010. The project included aesthetic updates to the terminal interior and the repaving of Runway 6/24. [ 33 ]
Oakland International Airport began a $300 million expansion and renovation project in 2004, including adding five gates in Terminal 2. The new concourse partially opened in the fall of 2006, was fully opened by the spring of 2007, and a new baggage claim in Terminal 2 opened in the summer of 2006.