[1] In the year ending June 25, 2019, the airport had 45,657 aircraft operations, average 125 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military.

The typical complement of aircraft is one Rockwell OV-10 tactical (spotter) airplane, two Grumman S-2T air tankers, and one Sikorsky S-70i helicopter.

[2] The base also hosts a helitack crew, a team of wildland firefighters who are transported by helicopter to fires.

The Columbia Air Attack Base has facilities for refilling water and retardant on up to six firefighting aircraft, on rotation.

[4][5][6] The airline's route maps from this same time period also show nonstop service from the airport to Lake Tahoe, Modesto and Stockton.