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In the early 1940's, early aviation pioneers established a landing area in Lexington County known as the Lexington County Airport. The site was selected because of elevation, the nature of the terrain and the good soil in the area upon which to construct facilities such as taxiways, aprons and runways.
Around 1941, the United States War Department acquired the Airport from Lexington County and expanded it dramatically to serve the effort for World War II. In 1942, Jimmy Doolittle, a famous military aviator and legend, traveled to Columbia and called volunteers for a secret military mission. Approximately twenty-five of these B-25 flight crews later flew the famous Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. The Doolittle raid was the first good news from the Pacific theater of operations.
In 1983, the Airport was designated a U.S. Customs Port of Entry and in 1986, the Airport was designated Foreign-Trade Zone 127. In 1994, United Parcel Service selected Columbia Metropolitan Airport as the site for a UPS Southeastern Regional Hub.
