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KCAE — Columbia Metro
Columbia, SC · field elevation 236 ft · Class C airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KCAE current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCAE 100256Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01000078 52007 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- -525 ft · pressure altitude 56 ft
- Observed
- 40 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KCAE 092334Z 1000/1024 00000KT P6SM FEW250 FM101500 20005KT P6SM FEW250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.93884, -81.11954
- Elevation
- 236 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class C
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter.
Established means they answered you by callsign. “Aircraft calling, stand by” is not established and you stay out; “Cessna 12345, stand by” is, and you may enter. Mode C is required within the lateral limits and above them to 10,000 ft MSL. VFR traffic gets sequencing and traffic advisories, not separation.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1152Z / 2224Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 7°W (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Lexington, SC
Airport diagram
Everything else KCAE publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 8,601 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 8,001 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| H1 | 50 | 50 | CONC | PERI |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.15
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 119.5
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 119.75
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach 110-289
- 124.15
- Approach 290-109
- 133.4
Published procedures
- 10 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCAE airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Carolina airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.