Live flights over Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 556 departures and 534 arrivals at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 156 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Charlotte (CLT), Atlanta (ATL) and New York (LGA). The airline seen most often is Piedmont Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CAE
- ICAO code
- KCAE
- City
- Columbia
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 72 m (236 ft)
- Coordinates
- 33.93817, -81.12302
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Columbia Metropolitan Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Columbia.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 56 | 57 | 113 |
| Mon 2 | 75 | 67 | 142 |
| Tue 3 | 91 | 81 | 172 |
| Wed 4 | 86 | 78 | 164 |
| Thu 5 | 86 | 82 | 168 |
| Fri 6 | 87 | 80 | 167 |
| Sat 7 | 75 | 89 | 164 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Charlotte CLT 87 flights
- Atlanta ATL 80 flights
- New York LGA 43 flights
- Chicago ORD 42 flights
- Dulles IAD 37 flights
- Washington DCA 35 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 35 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 23 flights
- Concord USA 13 flights
- Memphis MEM 13 flights
- Savannah SAV 12 flights
- Myrtle Beach MYR 11 flights
- Louisville SDF 11 flights
- Charleston CHS 10 flights
- Newark EWR 8 flights
- Greensboro GSO 8 flights
37 more connections
- Nashville BNA 5
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 4
- Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg GSP 4
- Lexington LEX 4
- Atlanta PDK 4
- College Station CLL 3
- West Palm Beach DJT 3
- Richmond RIC 3
- Atlantic City ACY 2
- Brunswick BQK 2
- Baltimore BWI 2
- Cleveland CLE 2
- Daytona Beach DAB 2
- Fort Worth FTW 2
- Gainesville GNV 2
- Huntsville HSV 2
- Jacksonville JAX 2
- Orlando MCO 2
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 2
- Teterboro TEB 2
- Asheville AVL 1
- Seattle BFI 1
- Birmingham BHM 1
- Boston BOS 1
- Dallas DAL 1
- Fayetteville FAY 1
- Johnstown JST 1
- Laredo LRD 1
- Macon MCN 1
- Chicago MDW 1
- Miami MIA 1
- Oklahoma City OKC 1
- Miami OPF 1
- Phoenix PHX 1
- Pensacola PNS 1
- St Augustine UST 1
- Salt Lake City SLC 1
Airlines
- Piedmont AirlinesPDT 107
- PSA AirlinesJIA 73
- Delta Air LinesDAL 71
- Trans AtlantisLTA 52
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 40
- Endeavor AirEDV 33
- United Parcel ServiceUPS 32
- Envoy AirENY 28
- American AirlinesAAL 26
- CommuteAirUCA 24
Aircraft
- E145 109
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 79
- B712 69
- CRJ7 67
- DA40 54
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 48
- SR20 33
- Embraer E170 E170 32
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 31
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 25
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Columbia Metropolitan Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/33.93817/lon/-81.12302/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Columbia right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Columbia Metropolitan Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Columbia: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CAE, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Columbia Metropolitan Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Trans Atlantis and GoJet Airlines.
What are the main connections from Columbia Metropolitan Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Charlotte (CLT, 87), Atlanta (ATL, 80), New York (LGA, 43), Chicago (ORD, 42) and Dulles (IAD, 37). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Columbia? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Columbia Metropolitan Airport? +
Columbia Metropolitan Airport has IATA code CAE and ICAO code KCAE. It lies in South Carolina, United States, at coordinates 33.93817, -81.12302.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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