Savannah/Hilton Head International
SAV · KSAV · Savannah, Georgia · Chatham County · map
Savannah/Hilton Head International is a public-use airport owned by Savannah Airport Commission, 7 miles northwest of Savannah, Georgia, 50 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 9,351 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives) and about 150 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 112,971 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,979,771 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSAV · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,200 feet, overcast at 2,600 feet
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 67°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:31 pm EDT (20:31 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 12 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
- At times between Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): a broken layer at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSAV 062153Z 03011KT 10SM SCT022 OVC026 23/19 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02330194
TAF KSAV 062031Z 0621/0718 04012G18KT P6SM BKN025 TEMPO 0621/0622 BKN035 FM070000 03008KT P6SM BKN035 FM071300 03010KT P6SM SCT035
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 SAV · ICAO KSAV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Savannah Airport Commission
- Elevation
- 50 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 11:00 am to 0300z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 9,351 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 7,002 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: VASI, four boxes on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.975 | Savannah |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 123.75 | Savannah |
| Clearance delivery | 119.55 | Savannah |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Clearance delivery | 121.1 | Savannah |
| Clearance delivery When hxd tower closed | 123.85 | Hilton Head |
| Ground | 121.9 | Savannah |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 270 to 010 | 118.4 | Savannah |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 110 to 269 | 120.4 | Savannah |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 011 to 109 | 125.3 | Savannah |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Savannah |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 | Savannah |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 912-226-2578.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 112,971, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Savannah from the FAA register
443 aircraft are registered to owners in Savannah, Georgia: 285 business jets, 110 piston singles, 29 turboprops, 8 piston twins, 6 helicopters. 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 Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 31 since 1982, 2 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
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of of airport. Air carrier aircraft contact gnd prior to push back from all gates. Pilots should complete all calculations prior to push back from terminal gate. Operates transponders with altitude reporting mode and ADS-B (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10; runway end identifier lights runways 19 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runways 01/19 and 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 19 and PAPI runways 01, 10, and 28 oper continuously.
- Military JET-OVHDS 2000 feet.
- BAK-12 bak 14M(B) (1500FT).
- BAK-12 bak 14M(B) (1977 feet).
- Fuel: a++100(military), (NC-100LL).
- Available 1100-0300Z++ C912-964-1557, OT 2 hour PN, C912-313-6310. Service fee.
- Approach lights (MALSR) runway 10 non-standard spacing.
- No rvr when the control tower closed.
- No rvr when the control tower closed.
- No rvr when the control tower closed.
- No rvr when the control tower closed.
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.