CHS · Charleston, United States
Charleston International Airport.
--:--:-- · EDT (UTC-04:00) · 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W
Charleston International Airport
Airport serving Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for CHS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3450; ident KCHS; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
iflychs.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Charleston International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
23 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
CHS / KCHS
OurAirports ident
KCHS
GPS / local code
KCHS / CHS
ISO region
US-SC
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
major international passenger gateway
Official host
iflychs.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1163183
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:20 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
7.5 km
Approximate distance to central Charleston.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
6.1 million passengers
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,001 ft / 2,744 m
Runway surface
asphalt, concrete
Opened / operator
1929 · The Charleston County Aviation Authority
Owner / entity
Q1163183
Hub airlines
Breeze Airways
Airport role
major international passenger gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
23 source-backed signals
Charleston International Airport is a major international passenger gateway for Charleston, United States. Charleston's built-up core sits roughly 7.5 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Charleston International Airport (CHS / KCHS) is at 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W, elevation 46 ft (14 m), serving Charleston, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Charleston is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Charleston: 8 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CHS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Charleston International Airport (CHS / KCHS)
Charleston International Airport · Airport serving Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Known label 1
Charleston Air Force Base
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CHS, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
KCHS · KCHS · CHS · US-SC
iflychs.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for CHS; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Hanahan
hanahan · 2.9 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 17,997 · city coordinates 32.9185, -80.0220
2. North Charleston
north-charleston · 7.5 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 108,304 · city coordinates 32.8546, -79.9748
3. Goose Creek
goose-creek · 9.4 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 40,633 · city coordinates 32.9810, -80.0326
4. Charleston
charleston-4574324 · 17 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 132,609 · city coordinates 32.7763, -79.9327
5. Summerville
summerville · 19 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 48,848 · city coordinates 33.0185, -80.1757
6. Mount Pleasant
mount-pleasant-4588165 · 20 km from CHS
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 81,317 · city coordinates 32.7941, -79.8626
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. MYR KMYR
Myrtle Beach International Airport · Myrtle Beach
135 km from CHS · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 25 ft (8 m) · airport coordinates 33.6797, -78.9283
2. SAV KSAV
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport · Savannah
139 km from CHS · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 50 ft (15 m) · airport coordinates 32.1266, -81.2000
3. CLT KCLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte
271 km from CHS · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 748 ft (228 m) · airport coordinates 35.2140, -80.9431
Route-time reference set
1. CHS-MYR
Myrtle Beach · 135 km · 1h 0m
America/New_York · +0h from CHS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CHS-SAV
Savannah · 139 km · 1h 1m
America/New_York · +0h from CHS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. CHS-CLT
Charlotte · 271 km · 1h 11m
America/New_York · +0h from CHS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,001 ft / 2,744 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt, concrete
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CHS.
Runway identifiers
03/21 · 15/33
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. MYR KMYR
Myrtle Beach International Airport · Myrtle Beach · 135 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 25 ft (8 m) · 33.6797, -78.9283
2. SAV KSAV
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport · Savannah · 139 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 50 ft (15 m) · 32.1266, -81.2000
3. CLT KCLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte · 271 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 748 ft (228 m) · 35.2140, -80.9431
4. JAX KJAX
Jacksonville International Airport · Jacksonville · 309 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 30 ft (9 m) · 30.4925, -81.6878
5. RDU KRDU
Raleigh-Durham International Airport · Raleigh/Durham · 351 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 435 ft (133 m) · 35.8787, -78.7873
6. GSO KGSO
Piedmont Triad International Airport · Greensboro · 356 km from CHS
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 925 ft (282 m) · 36.0994, -79.9373
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CHS.
Source note 2
It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CHS.
Source note 3
The airport serves as a focus city for Breeze Airways.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CHS.
Country and authority
CHS sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). CHS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
CHS is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Charleston Air Force Base. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport serving Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record. Location cue: Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1163183 · Charleston International Airport. Administrative area: South Carolina · Charleston County. Named after: Charleston
Field and clock profile
Charleston International Airport is a near sea-level field at 46 ft (14 m), positioned at 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,001 ft / 2,744 m. The airport clock uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Hanahan is the closest retained city-time anchor at 2.9 km. MYR Myrtle Beach is the closest retained airport alternative at 135 km.
Country airport peers
CHS is compared with MYR Myrtle Beach at 135 km, SAV Savannah at 139 km, CLT Charlotte at 271 km, JAX Jacksonville at 309 km, RDU Raleigh/Durham at 351 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
CHS-MYR Myrtle Beach: 135 km, about 1h 0m, +0h. CHS-SAV Savannah: 139 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. CHS-CLT Charlotte: 271 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KCHS backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. iflychs.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
6.1 million passengers
Airline role
Breeze Airways
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,001 ft / 2,744 m
Runway identifiers
03/21, 15/33
OurAirports classifies CHS as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Charleston.
CHS (KCHS) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 6.1 million passengers, operating from a near sea-level field at 46 ft (14 m).
CHS also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as breeze airways.
CHS's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,001 ft / 2,744 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt, concrete.
The Charleston County Aviation Authority is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for CHS.
- The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston.
- It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record.
- The airport serves as a focus city for Breeze Airways.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at iflychs.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for CHS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
CHS uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Charleston International Airport is about 7.5 km from central Charleston; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
MYR Myrtle Beach is the closest retained alternate at 135 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
iflychs.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place CHS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
CHS ranks #14 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
CHS shares America/New_York with ALB Albany US · ATL Atlanta US · BDL Hartford US · BOS Boston US · BUF Buffalo US · BWI Baltimore US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
CHS is 46 ft (14 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include HOU 46 ft (14 m) (0 ft delta) · SNN 46 ft (14 m) (0 ft delta) · KOA 47 ft (14 m) (1 ft delta) · UPG 47 ft (14 m) (1 ft delta) · JED 48 ft (15 m) (2 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
CHS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are MYR 135 km +0h · SAV 139 km +0h · CLT 271 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach | MYR | 135 km | 1h 0m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Savannah | SAV | 139 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Charlotte | CLT | 271 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
CHS to MYR
Myrtle Beach
Distance 135 km; estimated travel window 1h 0m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from CHS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CHS to SAV
Savannah
Distance 139 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from CHS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CHS to CLT
Charlotte
Distance 271 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from CHS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Charleston is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
North Charleston is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Charleston International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CHS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Hanahan
hanahan · 2.9 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
North Charleston
north-charleston · 7.5 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Goose Creek
goose-creek · 9.4 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Charleston
charleston-4574324 · 17 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Summerville
summerville · 19 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mount Pleasant
mount-pleasant-4588165 · 20 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hilton Head
hilton-head · 101 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hilton Head Island
hilton-head-island · 102 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bluffton
bluffton · 106 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sumter
sumter · 117 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Socastee
socastee · 130 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Wilmington Island
wilmington-island · 133 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Charleston International Airport is associated in the current source trail with Breeze Airways, which makes carrier-specific schedule checks especially important before acting on a route plan.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Myrtle Beach (MYR), Savannah (SAV), Charlotte (CLT). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Breeze Airways.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 6.1 million passengers.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 9,001 ft / 2,744 m; identifiers 03/21, 15/33.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt, concrete; 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: The Charleston County Aviation Authority.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1929.
- Network role: Breeze Airways.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CHS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Myrtle Beach International AirportMYR
Myrtle Beach · large airport
- Distance
- 135 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 25 ft (8 m)
Compare against MYR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Savannah Hilton Head International AirportSAV
Savannah · large airport
- Distance
- 139 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 50 ft (15 m)
Compare against SAV when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Charlotte Douglas International AirportCLT
Charlotte · large airport
- Distance
- 271 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 748 ft (228 m)
Compare against CLT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Charleston International Airport (CHS) in?▾
Charleston International Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
What are the codes for Charleston International Airport?▾
Charleston International Airport uses IATA code CHS and ICAO code KCHS.
Where is Charleston International Airport located?▾
Charleston International Airport is located in Charleston, United States at coordinates 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W, with an elevation of 46 ft (14 m) (near sea-level field in the subtropics).
How far is Charleston International Airport from central Charleston?▾
Charleston International Airport sits roughly 7.5 km from the nearest mapped city center for Charleston.
Which route reference is most useful from CHS?▾
Myrtle Beach (MYR) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 0m, destination timezone America/New_York, and a +0h difference from CHS.
Which authority regulates CHS?▾
Charleston International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to CHS?▾
CHS's curated peers in United States on this site include MYR Myrtle Beach, SAV Savannah, CLT Charlotte, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Charleston International Airport have?▾
Charleston International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,001 ft / 2,744 m; identifiers include 03/21, 15/33.