Hilton Head Airport


Hilton Head Airport is on Hilton Head Island, in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United Stated. Also known as Hilton Head Island Airport, it is owned by Beaufort County.
In the spring of 2019, United Airlines began seasonal service to its hubs at Chicago-O’Hare, Newark, and Washington-Dulles, and American Airlines added seasonal service to its Washington-National hub to its existing service to Charlotte. Growth continued in May 2019, when Delta Air Lines resumed year round service to its hub in Atlanta, as well as adding a new seasonal route to New York-LaGuardia. All of these flights are operated by regional affiliates. One public charter airline operates limited service. It is the only airport on Hilton Head Island.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. USDOT records say the airport had 56,330 passengers in calendar year 2017.
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is HXD to the FAA and HHH to the IATA. The IATA code HHH is used for airline booking.

History

Hilton Head Island has been known for championship golf courses for decades. In the 1960s it was decided that an airport would allow an increase in the number of visitors to the island. Hilton Head Airport opened in 1967 with the help of professional golfer Arnold Palmer. An avid pilot, he also became the first person to land at HXD. On July 5, 2018, Piedmont Airlines’ Bombardier Dash 8 service was ceased, and Republic Airline began serving Hilton Head Airport with the E175. This marks the first commercially scheduled jet service to the airport.
In the past the airport was served by the following:
Hilton Head Airport covers 131 acres at an elevation of 19 feet. Its one runway, 3/21, is 5,000 by 100 feet. The runway was extended; the airport is hoping to attract more air service. Other safety improvements have been completed, including the relocation of Taxiway A by 100 feet, added airfield drainage components, removal of trees in the flight path and the revision of the general aviation parking area. The runway extension was completed in the summer of 2018.
The current terminal building was built in 1995. At, it has four airline gates.
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2016, the airport had 37,632 aircraft operations, an average of 103 per day: 81% general aviation, 17% air taxi and 2% military. In March 2017, there were 89 aircraft based at this airport: 55 single-engine, 23 multi-engine, 8 jet, 2 helicopter and 1 ultralight.

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In 2018, HXD handled 75,620 total commercial passengers. The only commercial route to and from HXD at that time was to Charlotte, North Carolina.

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