Charleston International Airport
The Charleston International Airport
The Charleston International Airport offers 120 flights each day to 17 destinations serving 2.25 million passengers each year. In addition, six public airports located throughout the region accommodate both corporate and private aircraft.
- Continental
- Delta
- Northwest
- US Airways
- United Express
- American Airlines
- AirTran
The Charleston International Airport shares runways with the massive C-17s of the Charleston Air Force Base. Together they provide significant private commercial and military air service for the region. The Airport serves more than 1.6 million passengers per year. Charleston International Airport is centrally located in the Charleston metropolitan area in North Charleston. The airport is situated adjacent to Charleston Air Force Base and uses the airfield facilities at the Air Force Base jointly with the USAF.
The airfield has a main instrument runway which is 9,000 feet long and 200 feet wide 
and a crosswind runway which is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide. The runways are interconnected by a system of taxiways. Each runway is equipped with high intensity runway lighting and one runway has category II instrument landing systems to permit all weather operation. All runways are constructed on a firm foundation of compacted base and are of sufficient strength to permit the operation of the largest existing commercial aircraft.
The FAA control tower provides airport traffic and radar approach control service. The present passenger terminal
complex at the Airport was dedicated March 30, 1985. The terminal complex is a 270,000 square foot structure on three levels with ten gates. The landside of the terminal is served by an eight lane roadway fronting on the second level, connected to an access road loop. The inside of the loop contains public parking facilities for 3,679 vehicles. Air Cargo facilities include a 21,000 SY facility to the west of the passenger terminal. A separate cargo/freight area is located on the east side of the airport.
