Charleston International Airport

Charleston International Airport is an airport located nine miles (14 km) northwest of the city of Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, USA. The airport has two runways and is operated under a joint-use agreement with Charleston Air Force Base. It is South Carolina's busiest airport with 106 flights or more daily. It is estimated that 4,000 people go through the airport on an average day and 6,000 during the holiday season.

Facilities and aircraft

Charleston International Airport and Charleston AFB cover an area of 2,060 acres (834 ha) which contains two runways: 9,001 x 200 ft (2,744 x 61 m) and 3/21 measuring 7,004 x 150 ft (2,135 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 110,274 aircraft operations, an average of 302 per day: 30% general aviation, 30% air taxi, 25% military and 15% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 25% single-engine, 45% multi-engine, 20% jet, 10% helicopter.

The handicapped will need to use a Dover elevator to access the ramp area installed when the airport was opened.In 2005 they opened a 3 level parking garage served by Schindler holeless hydrulic double ram elevators

Airlines and destinations

At one point the airport had non-stop service to Cleveland, Minneapolis, Boston, and Orlando but airlines discontinued service due to high fuel costs. All passengers check in at the main terminal, but flights depart from 2 different concourses which are together part of the same building.

Concourse A

Gates A1 - A5

• AirTran Airways Gate A1 (Atlanta)
• Delta Air Lines Gates A2-A4 (Atlanta)
• Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
• Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-LaGuardia)
• Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Atlanta)
• United Airlines Gate A5
• United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
• United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Washington-Dulles)

Concourse B

Gates B1 - B5

Gate B5, reserved for international flights, is not currently in use.

• American Airlines Gate B1
• American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
• Continental Airlines Gate B3 (Newark)
• Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
• Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Newark)
• Northwest Airlines Gate B4
• Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Memphis)
• US Airways Gates B1 and B2 (Charlotte)
• US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
• US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (New York-LaGuardia)
• US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)
• US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia)
• US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)

References

External links

• Charleston International Airport, official site
• Charleston Air Force Base, official site