Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Savannah Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°07′39″N 081°12′08″W / 32.12750°N 81.20222°WCoordinates: 32°07′39″N 081°12′08″W / 32.12750°N 81.20222°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | SavannahAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Georgia / United States | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 88,691 |
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Total Passengers | 2,027,262 |
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (IATA: SAV, ICAO: KSAV, FAA LID: SAV) is a public and military use airport owned by the City of Savannah and managed by the Savannah Airport Commission. The airport is located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) northwest of the central business district of Savannah, a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It had been known as Savannah International Airport, Travis Field and Chatham Field. The airport is just off Interstate 95, between Savannah and the city of Pooler, Georgia. It is the chief commercial airport for the three-county Savannah metropolitan area, although nearly 40 percent of the airport's total passenger traffic is bound for Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, located approximately 38.5 miles (approx. 42 minutes) away by car.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year.
Despite the airport's name, there are no scheduled commercial international flights outside the United States from Savannah/Hilton Head. However, U.S. Customs facilities are on the field and the airport is part of a Foreign Trade Zone.
In 2015, Savannah/Hilton Head had 88,691 annual operations (takeoffs and landings) and 2,027,262 total commercial airline passengers, making it second only to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as Georgia's busiest commercial airport.