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Columbia Regional Airport to receive on-site maintenance facility

FILE -- An airplane is met with a water canon salute at Columbia Regional Airport's terminal that opened in October 2022.
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FILE -- An airplane is met with a water canon salute at Columbia Regional Airport's terminal that opened in October 2022.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The City of Columbia announced in a Thursday press release that Columbia Regional Airport will get an on-site maintenance facility as Airline Maintenance Service Inc. expands it services.

This facility will have 24-hour service, mitigating delays for travelers related to aircraft maintenance.  According to data from Columbia Regional Airport, there have been 38,155 people who boarded a plane there so far in 2023 and 37,838 people who got off a plane, totaling 75,993 passengers.

The release stated facilities will be located directly adjacent to the air carrier ramp, AMS expects to be staffed extended hours a full seven days a week. Services will focus on line maintenance for the air carriers servicing the airport.

AMS technicians will be trained on the specific airframes and airlines that fly through the Columbia Regional Airport, according to the release.

Columbia Regional Airport has flights to Chicago O'Hare and Dallas/Ft. Worth. The airport had 160,790 commercial passengers in 2022, according to the release.

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