Charleston Air Force Base

Charleston Air Force Base
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located in: The City of North Charleston, South Carolina
C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron flies over Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°53′55″N 080°02′26″W / 32.89861°N 80.04056°W / 32.89861; -80.04056
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	628th Air Base Wing

Airfield information
IATA: CHS ICAO: KCHS FAA LID: CHS
Summary
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	32°53′55″N 080°02′26″W / 32.89861°N 80.04056°W / 32.89861; -80.04056Coordinates: 32°53′55″N 080°02′26″W / 32.89861°N 80.04056°W / 32.89861; -80.04056
Website	charleston.af.mil
Map
ECHS Location of Charleston Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 7,004 2,135 Asphalt 15/33 9,001 2,744 Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Charleston Air Force Base (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS, FAA LID: CHS) is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force's 628th Air Base Wing (628 ABW), a subordinate element of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). It is part of Joint Base Charleston, which combined Charleston Air Force Base with Naval Support Activity Charleston.

A joint civil-military airport, Charleston Air Force Base today shares its runways with Charleston International Airport for commercial airline aircraft operations on the south side of the airfield and general aviation aircraft operations on the east side. The 437th Airlift Wing (437 AW) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the 315th Airlift Wing (315 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) operate the C-17A Globemaster III from the base. The installation has also in the past maintained an alert site for rotational Air Combat Command (ACC) and ACC-gained Air National Guard fighter-interceptor aircraft.

Charleston Air Force Base is home to the 628th Air Base Wing (628 ABW), the host wing for installation support. The 628 ABW's primary duties are to provide installation support to 53 DoD and Federal agencies, servicing a total force of over 79,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, civilians, dependents and retirees on Charleston AFB and Naval Weapons Station Charleston. Additionally, they also provide expeditionary Airmen to combatant commanders in support of joint and combined operations.