Columbus Air Force Base

Columbus Air Force Base (KCBM) is a medium airport in Columbus, MS. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KCBM or IATA code CBM. It sits in North America.

Columbus Air Force Base is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 12,004-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 12,004 ft (3,659 m), a ultra-long-range-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global 7500, and Dassault Falcon 8X. In practice this transcontinental and transoceanic operations without performance penalties.

Columbus Air Force Base sits near sea level at 219 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess inventory for KCBM updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Regional fields like KCBM are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Columbus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in unincorporated Lowndes County, Mississippi, near Columbus. The host unit at Columbus AFB is the 14th Flying Training Wing , which is a part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC).