# Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)

> Columbia, US · IATA: CAE · ICAO: KCAE · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CAE` |
| ICAO | `KCAE` |
| City | Columbia |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 72 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 33.93880, -81.11950 |

## Description

Around 76,000 tonnes of air cargo moved through Columbia Metropolitan Airport (IATA: CAE, ICAO: KCAE) in 2019, handled at UPS Airlines' southeastern US regional hub in West Columbia, South Carolina. UPS opened the roughly $80 million facility in August 1996 — one of six US regional hubs — and today runs about ten freighter flights a day, sorting up to 41,000 packages per hour with some 220 staff. FedEx Express and ABX Air also serve the field, giving CAE genuine dedicated-freighter capacity rather than passenger belly space alone. Scheduled passenger service (American, Delta, United) links Columbia to Atlanta, Charlotte and Dallas. For intercontinental air freight, Atlanta (ATL, about 210 miles) remains the nearest global cargo gateway, with Charlotte (CLT) roughly 80 miles away. Interstate access via I-77 and I-26 supports e-commerce distribution across the Carolinas.

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