What was once a lobby and a TSA checkpoint for passengers flying to and from Columbia Regional Airport is now a set of classrooms and offices.

Moberly Area Community College, or MACC, has completed a remodel of the old terminal, retrofitting the building to become the home for its forthcoming commercial pilot training program.

Airport manager Mike Parks said the partnership offered the chance to repurpose the vacated space.

“We don't want a building just sitting empty. We want to make sure that we can use it the best way possible,” Parks said. “So it looked like a good opportunity to partner with a local college to make that happen.”

Since the terminal closed for commercial airline passengers, the city has removed two small, ancillary buildings and Parks said they are still working on

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