Joint Base Charleston

Joint Base Charleston
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC) Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE)
Located in: North Charleston, South Carolina, Goose Creek, South Carolina
C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron flies over Charleston, South Carolina USS Farragut (DDG 99), made port in downtown Charleston.
Coordinates	32°53′55″N 080°02′26″W / 32.89861°N 80.04056°W / 32.89861; -80.04056 (Joint Base Charleston-AF) (Air Base) 32°51′09″N 79°57′24″W / 32.85250°N 79.95667°W / 32.85250; -79.95667 (Joint Base Charleston-Navy) (Naval Base)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	628th Air Base Wing (USAF)

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
KCHS Location of Joint Base Charleston
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 7,004 2,135 Asphalt 15/33 9,001 2,744 Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Joint Base Charleston (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS, FAA LID: CHS) is a United States military facility located partly in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina and partly in the City of Goose Creek, South Carolina . The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 628th Air Base Wing, Air Mobility Command (AMC).

The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force Charleston Air Force Base and the United States Navy Naval Support Activity Charleston, which were merged on 1 October 2010.

A joint civil-military airport, JB Charleston shares runways with Charleston International Airport for commercial airlines operations on the south side of the airfield and general aviation aircraft operations on the east side.

Joint Base Charleston was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of facilities which were adjoining, but separate military installations, into a single Joint Base, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law.

Today, Joint Base Charleston, encompassing over 20,877 acres and supporting 67 Military Commands and Federal Agencies, provides service to over 79,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, DOD civilians, dependents, and retirees.