Charleston Executive
JZI · KJZI · Charleston, South Carolina · Charleston County · map
Charleston Executive is a public-use airport owned by Charleston CO Avn Authority, 6 miles southwest of Charleston, South Carolina, 19 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,350 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJZI · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 12 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,700 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:55 pm EDT (19:55 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 13 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 12 knots, gusting to 17, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJZI 062155Z AUTO 05012G18KT 10SM OVC027 23/18 A3000 RMK AO2
TAF KJZI 061955Z 0620/0718 05013G22KT P6SM BKN050 TEMPO 0620/0622 BKN025 FM070000 04012G17KT P6SM SCT050 FM070300 03009KT P6SM FEW050 FM071400 02010KT P6SM FEW035
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA JZI · ICAO KJZI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Charleston CO Avn Authority
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,350 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,313 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 110 ft high 3,589 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 350 ft, brush 16 ft high 438 ft from the end
- Runway 04: tree 83 ft high 2,221 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.7 | |
| Jzi and aWOS-3 | 123.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 843-559-3123.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Charleston from the FAA register
94 aircraft are registered to owners in Charleston, South Carolina: 74 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 2 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 8 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport existed prior to 1958
- Sunrise to sunset, to activate and incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. Sunrise to sunset, PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously. Sunset to sunrise, runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 operates continuously, to incr intst - the common traffic frequency. Sunset to sunrise, to activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Supplementary lighted windcones runways 04, 22, 09 and 27.
- Tree line 231 feet east of runway 4 thld 21 feet high
- Approach slope to displaced threshold. Is 50:1.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.