Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
Savannah, Georgia in the United States
A MH-65D Dolphin at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
Savannah Location in the United States
Coordinates	32°01′30″N 81°08′30″W / 32.02500°N 81.14167°W / 32.02500; -81.14167
Type	Coast Guard Air Station
Site information
Owner	Department of Homeland Security
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Controlled by	Seventh District
Condition	Operational
Aircraft operated	MH-65 Dolphin
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1963 (1963)
In use	1963 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Commander Michael D. Brimblecom
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN, WMO: 747804
Elevation	12.4 metres (41 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28 3,467.1 metres (11,375 ft)
Airfield shared with Hunter Army Airfield Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.

Operations and missions

Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Savannah supports a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station Savannah provides Search & Rescue (SAR) coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 450 miles of shoreline from the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida, averaging more than 250 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety, Marine Environmental Protection, Fisheries Enforcement, Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction, Drug Interdiction, Other Law Enforcement and Defense Readiness. Many of these missions require deployment of aviation detachments aboard Coast Guard Cutters.

History

CGAS Savannah was commissioned in the summer of 1963 on what was then known as Hunter Air Force Base, which became Hunter Army Airfield in 1967. In 1964, the Coast Guard's original HH-52A Basic Operational Training Unit (BOTU) was established in Savannah. This unit was the forerunner of the Coast Guard's specialized aviator training program now located at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.^[2]