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CAE Meaning

CAE Airport Meaning

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CAE Meaning:

CAE stands for Columbia Metropolitan Airport


Located in Columbia, South Carolina, CAE (Columbia Metropolitan Airport) is classified as a small hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of CAE's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) Characteristics:

      City: Columbia
      State: South Carolina
      FAA: Columbia Metropolitan Airport
      IATA: CAE
      ICAO: KCAE
      Role: P-S

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


CAE is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding CAE, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

CAE meaning is Columbia Metropolitan Airport.

Columbia Metropolitan Airport can be abbreviated as CAE.

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