{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Columbia Metropolitan Airport","iataCode":"CAE","icaoCode":"KCAE","city":"Columbia","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":33.938801,"longitude":-81.119499},"elevationMeters":72,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"FAA figures put 79.2 million pounds of freight and mail — roughly 36,000 tonnes — through Columbia Metropolitan Airport (IATA: CAE, ICAO: KCAE) in West Columbia, South Carolina during 2025, making it one of the few US regional fields with genuine freighter activity rather than passenger belly space alone. The engine is UPS Airlines' southeastern regional hub, opened in August 1996: around 220 staff, about ten cargo flights a day and sorting equipment rated at up to 41,000 packages an hour. FedEx","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/columbia-metropolitan-airport-cae","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/columbia-metropolitan-airport-cae","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Columbia Metropolitan Airport · (IATA: CAE) · Columbia, US · 72 m · Cargo Hub"}