CHS
Charleston International Airport
Charleston International Airport (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS) is a large airport in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It opened in 1929. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,001 ft (2,744 m). In 2025 it handled 6.3 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1929–19291929
OpenedCharleston International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF15/33147° / 327° · LIT
LENGTH9,001 ft2,744 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
03/21024° / 204° · LIT
LENGTH7,000 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–20253.1M
3.4M
3.7M
3.9M
4.4M
4.8M
1.9M
4.1M
5.2M
6.1M
6.3M
6.3M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
53 destinations · 5 countriesYear-round37
CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle271 km168 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways511 km318 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways566 km352 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways569 km354 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways597 km371 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines712 km442 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle715 km444 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways726 km451 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways759 km472 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways780 km485 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways801 km498 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways830 km516 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways845 km525 miACYAtlantic City International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways878 km546 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle886 km551 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways900 km559 miTTNTrenton Mercer AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways944 km587 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,011 km628 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,022 km635 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,025 km637 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle1,033 km642 miHPNWestchester County AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,068 km664 miISPLong Island MacArthur AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,073 km667 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,076 km669 miSWFNew York Stewart International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,091 km678 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,125 km699 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,155 km718 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,187 km738 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,196 km743 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,199 km745 miALBAlbany International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,224 km761 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, United Airlines1,224 km761 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,241 km771 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,317 km818 miMHTManchester-Boston Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,346 km836 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,464 km910 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,328 km1,447 miSeasonal10
DJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways691 km429 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air780 km485 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle790 km491 miLCKRickenbacker International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air811 km504 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air943 km586 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,418 km881 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Breeze Airways1,481 km920 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,486 km923 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,585 km985 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways3,542 km2,201 miCargo9
GSOPiedmont Triad International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express356 km221 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express706 km439 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Western Global Airlines726 km451 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air790 km491 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express947 km588 miIABMcConnell Air Force BaseUnited States · Atlas Air1,647 km1,023 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air5,791 km3,598 miTARTaranto-Grottaglie Marcello Arlotta AirportItaly · Atlas Air8,265 km5,136 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Atlas Air11,558 km7,182 miMost destinationsBreeze Airways 29American Eagle 7United Airlines 5Atlas Air 5Allegiant Air 4Delta Connection 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CHS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Charleston International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
12 channelsAPPAPP119.300
APPAPP30.692
ATISATIS124.750
CLDCLNC DEL118.000
DEPDEP120.700
GNDGND121.900
PMSVPMSV METRO34.460
POSTCONSOLIDATED COMD134.100
PTDPTD37.220
RDOANDERSON RDO122.200
TWRTWR126.000
UNICUNICOM122.950