COUKCOU

Columbia Regional Airport

Columbia, United States

North America America/Chicago

2direct destinations

1airlines

2runways

2,256 mLongest runway

159Aircraft documented

Columbia Regional Airport (IATA: COU, ICAO: KCOU) is a commercial passenger airport serving Columbia, Missouri. Located about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Columbia in Boone County, Missouri, it is the only commercial airport in Mid-Missouri and also serves the state capital of Jefferson City. Commercial passenger service is provided by American Airlines subsidiary American Eagle and United Airlines via its regional airline contractor SkyWest branded as United Express. The airport opened in 1968 (1968), replacing the Columbia Municipal Airport off of Interstate 70. It is frequently used for charter flights by college athletic teams visiting the University of Missouri and for MU team flights. In 2019, airport officials extended the 6,500-foot runway to 7,400 feet and added a new 5,400 foot crosswind runway. On October 26, 2022, the airport opened the airport's 56,000 ft2 terminal with three jetways. Columbia Regional is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 12,719 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 26,842 in 2009 and 38,293 in 2010.

Location

38.818°N, 92.220°O · 271 m s. n. m. (889 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States

CityColumbia

IATA codeCOU

ICAO codeKCOU

Coordinates38.818°N, 92.220°O

Elevation271 m s. n. m. (889 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Chicago

Runways2

Longest runway2,256 m

Direct destinations2

Official website

Runways · 2

02/20

Length2,256 m7,402 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

13/31

Length1,676 m5,499 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

What flies here

From our own logbook: 159 aircraft documented between 2018 and 2025.

159Aircraft documented

9,251Movements recorded

2018–2025Years on record

Types seen here

Bombardier CRJ67

Embraer E170 / E17542

Embraer ERJ 135 / 14521

Airlines with documented aircraft

Envoy Air 92 SkyWest Airlines 65 ExpressJet 2

Busiest routes from here

ORDChicago534 flights DFWDallas-Fort Worth219 flights

A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

American Airlines

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on September 27, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Columbia Regional Airport (COU). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU

MLA

“Columbia Regional Airport (COU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 27 Sept. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Columbia Regional Airport (COU).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified September 27, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Columbia Regional Airport (COU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cou,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Columbia Regional Airport (COU)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COU}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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