# Columbia Regional Airport (COU / KCOU)

**Columbia Regional Airport** (IATA: COU, ICAO: KCOU) is a medium airport in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,401 ft (2,256 m). In 2025 it handled 245 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcou

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: COU / KCOU
- FAA: COU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Elevation: 889 ft / 271 m
- Coordinates: 38.8181, -92.2196
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,401 ft / 2,256 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches
- Passengers: 244,616 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flymidmo.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655022
- Weather station: KCOU · WMO 72445
- Ident: KCOU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 7,401 ft / 2,256 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 021° / 201° | yes |
| 13/31 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05595AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 132,362 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 130,045 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 176,951 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 241,692 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 259,873 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 103,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 160,168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 165,602 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 196,286 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 206,995 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 244,616 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 315 mi / 507 km · United Express, American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 490 mi / 788 km · American Eagle
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 669 mi / 1,076 km · United Express
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 669 mi / 1,077 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from COU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 3
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 245K (2025) | #1,446 of 3,974 | #320 in North America | #214 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,401 ft / 2,256 m | =3,168 of 29,858 | =693 in North America | =516 in US |
| Elevation | 889 ft / 271 m | #19,702 of 43,403 | #9,022 in North America | #7,347 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MIZZU APP/DEP | 124.375 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.450 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kszl.md) Whiteman Air Force Base · 72 mi / 116 km
- [TBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktbn.md) Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport-Forney Field · 75 mi / 120 km
- [SUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksus.md) Spirit of St Louis Airport · 85 mi / 137 km
- [IRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kirk.md) Kirksville Regional Airport · 90 mi / 145 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Columbia Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Columbia_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364480491), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcou/data