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Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Airport in Georgia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport[3] (IATA: SAV[4], ICAO: KSAV, FAA LID: SAV) is a commercial and military-use airport in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Savannah/Hilton Head International provides travelers with access to Savannah, Georgia, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as well as neighboring areas including Bluffton and Beaufort, South Carolina and the Golden Isles region of Coastal Georgia.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Savannah Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Opened | May 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05) | ||||||||||||||
Operating base for | Allegiant Air | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°07′39″N 081°12′08″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | savannahairport | ||||||||||||||
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Owned by the City of Savannah and managed by the Savannah Airport Commission, Savannah/Hilton Head International is located seven nautical miles 8 miles (13 km) northwest of the Savannah Historic District.[2] The airport's passenger terminal is directly accessible to Interstate 95 between Savannah and the suburban city of Pooler. Its previous names include Savannah International Airport, Travis Field and Chatham Field.
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.[5] U.S. Customs facilities are on the field and the airport is part of a Foreign Trade Zone.