Columbia Metropolitan (CAE) Airport Car Service

CAE (Columbia Metropolitan Airport) sits about 5 miles southwest of downtown Columbia in West Columbia in Lexington County, South Carolina, accessible via Interstate 26, Interstate 77, and Airport Boulevard. The airport is owned and operated by the Richland Lexington Airport District, a joint regional authority. Delta, American, United, Allegiant, and Avelo provide scheduled commercial service. CAE serves as the primary commercial gateway for the South Carolina state government, the University of South Carolina, and Fort Jackson. Our chauffeurs stage at the commercial vehicle lane outside the terminal.

CAE to the University of South Carolina main campus and downtown Columbia runs about 10 to 15 minutes via Interstate 77 northbound to Bull Street. We handle daily transfers to downtown Columbia hotels including the Graduate Columbia, the Hilton Columbia Center, the Hyatt Place Columbia Downtown The Vista, and the Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel.

Yes. Fort Jackson (the largest US Army basic combat training installation, where roughly 50 percent of all soldiers and 60 percent of women entering the Army complete basic combat training) runs about 15 to 20 minutes from CAE via Interstate 77 northbound. We handle daily transfers for visiting officers, civilian Department of Army contractors, Family Day and Graduation Day arrivals for the basic training cycle, and PCS family member airport pickups.

Yes. The South Carolina State Capitol building (the distinctive 1903 Greek Revival capitol with the bronze stars marking Civil War cannonball strikes) and the surrounding state agency complex run about 10 to 15 minutes from CAE. We handle daily transfers for state legislators, agency executives, lobbyists, and corporate government affairs teams during the South Carolina General Assembly session (January through May) and year round Capitol activity.

Yes. Williams Brice Stadium (home of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team, famous for the 2001 sunrise rendition of Sandstorm by Darude that has become the Gamecocks game day anthem) and Colonial Life Arena (Gamecocks basketball) both sit on the USC campus about 10 to 15 minutes from CAE. We handle parent weekend transfers, Gamecocks home football game weekend transport, SEC visiting team logistics, and graduation week pickups.

Yes. Lake Murray (the major recreation lake covering 50,000 acres in central South Carolina, the largest lake by area in the Midlands region) and the town of Chapin run about 30 to 45 minutes from CAE via Interstate 26 westbound to SR 6. We handle daily lake recreation transfers, Lake Murray Dam visitor pickups, and Lake Murray Country club destination logistics.

Yes. Prisma Health Richland Hospital (the major academic medical center, part of Prisma Health, the largest health system in South Carolina) runs about 15 minutes from CAE via Interstate 77 northbound. We handle patient transfers, visiting physician transport, family member airport pickups for extended hospital stays, and corporate transfers for the broader Prisma Health system.

Yes. The University of South Carolina (USC, the flagship Carolina campus, the SEC academic and athletic member) generates consistent parent and family travel demand through CAE throughout the academic year. We handle Family Weekend transfers (typically September), parent weekend visits, Greek life parent weekend pickups, and the broader USC alumni and donor travel through CAE.

USC Commencement Weekend (typically held in early to mid May for spring and December for fall) generates the heaviest family transportation demand of our Columbia year. We require six to eight weeks of lead time for graduation weekend SUV and Sprinter bookings, since Columbia hotel inventory fills three to four months ahead. Fort Jackson Family Day weekends (which run on a rolling basis as basic training cycles complete throughout the year) also drive predictable demand spikes.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye arrivals, 4 am Fort Jackson early morning Family Day arrival pickups, and late night Williams Brice Stadium game day tailgate pickups during Gamecocks home football weekends. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.