Charleston Executive Airport


Charleston Executive Airport is in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, seven miles southwest of the city. It is owned by the Charleston County Aviation Authority. The airport serves the general aviation 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 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. 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. The occasional military aircraft still uses the airport.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of 17 feet. It has two concrete runways:
9/27 is 5,000 by 150 feet and 4/22 is 4,313 by 150 feet.
In the year ending October 23, 2008 the airport had 55,000 aircraft operations, average 150 per day: 91% general aviation and 5% military and 4% air taxi. 58 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 2% jet and 3% helicopter.