Thursday, October 21, 2021 the airport will celebrate the completion of its new terminal modernization and infrastructure improvements that began in March 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic keeping essential workers employed.

The hometown airport of the Tri-city area has grown from a small one room terminal originally located off Victory Drive in South Columbus to a two-story terminal that sits in the center of Columbus. The new terminal represents the four regions of service with designs of the Chattahoochee River incorporating the colors of blue for the river that connect Columbus, GA & Phenix City, AL, Green for forestry of Harris County, GA and Sand for the uniforms & equipment of Fort Benning throughout the terminal.

Improvements at the airport became possible due to the $9.7 million dollar grant received from the FAA, $650,000 grant awarded from the State of Georgia, $3.5 million dollar grant by the Department of Transportation and a local share of 6 million dollars from the Airport Commission, a total of $19.8 million.

All three grants were used to fund the terminal building modifications, the first modernization since the current terminal’s completion in 1991.

The airport is a public use airport in Columbus Georgia located at 3250 W. Britt David Road servicing the community with commercial airline and general aviation service.