Charleston Executive Airport is in
Charleston in
Charleston County,
South Carolina
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, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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, seven miles southwest of the city. It is owned by the Charleston County Aviation Authority.
The airport serves the
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
community, with no airline service.
History
The airport opened in April 1943 named Johns Island Army Airfield. Initially it was an auxiliary to
Columbia Army Air Base
Columbia Army Air Base was a World War II United States Army Air Forces base. It was primarily used for advanced combat training of B-25 Mitchell medium bomber units and replacement pilots.
It was used as a training base in early 1942 for Doo ...
as an unmanned emergency landing airfield. On 31 March 1944, jurisdiction was transferred to
Charleston Army Airfield when Charleston was reassigned to
Air Transport Command
Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.
It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and ...
. It served as an emergency landing base with no permanent structures being used for transatlantic flights. On 25 August 1945 the airfield was turned over to local authorities which converted it into a civil airport.
[Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ] The occasional military aircraft still uses the airport.
Facilities
The airport covers at an elevation of 19 feet (5.8 m). It has two concrete runways:
9/27 is 5,350 by 150 feet (1,631 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 4,313 by 150 feet (1,315 x 46 m).
In the year ending December 11, 2019 the airport had 31,000 aircraft operations, an average of 85 per day. The operations breakdown was: 84%
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
, 9.5% military, and 6.5%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
. 39 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 5% jet.
See also
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South Carolina World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in South Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfi ...
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List of airports in South Carolina
This is a list of airports in South Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports ...
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Airports in South Carolina
Transportation in Charleston, South Carolina
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in South Carolina
1943 establishments in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Charleston, South Carolina