KCAE Columbia Metro

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 5 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 67% evidence: NONE no tower now Class C

Wind 020° true at 6 kt G16 · VFR · 24 min old · from KFDW (22.6 nm away)

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5 62% 8001 ft · 6 kt head, 2 kt x-left

11 22% 8601 ft · 1 kt head, 6 kt x-left

29 16% 8601 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-right

23 <1% 8001 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 29 until 10-31 23:00Z

RWY 29 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 5 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 24 min ago +0.97

Runway 11

WIND 1 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 24 min ago -0.07

Runway 29

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt right crosswind 24 min ago -0.35

Runway 23

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 24 min ago -8.63

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	24 min	Nearest station KFDW (22.6 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KCAE field & runways

Columbia Metro, Columbia, South Carolina. Field elevation 236 ft. Class C airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 7.0°W on record, 7.7°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.045°/year west — about 1° every 22 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
11	104.7°	112.4°	matches rule gives runway 12 in ~56 yr	8,601 ft	CONC	left	ILS
23	224.5°	232.2°	matches	8,001 ft	ASPH-CONC	left
29	284.7°	292.4°	matches rule gives runway 30 in ~56 yr	8,601 ft	CONC	left	ILS
5	44.5°	52.2°	matches	8,001 ft	ASPH-CONC	left	ILS

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KCAE ☆ Columbia Metro