About Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base is classified by OurAirports as a medium airport serving Sumter, South Carolina. The airport is identified by FAA location identifier KSSC, by the three-letter IATA code SSC, and the four-letter ICAO code KSSC. OurAirports records this airport as not having scheduled passenger service.
The airfield sits at approximately 33.9727° N, 80.4706° W, with a published field elevation of 241 feet above mean sea level.
"Shaw Air Force Base" is one of 183 public-use airports in South Carolina, and one of roughly 16,000 such airports indexed in the FAA's national airspace records.
Reference data
| Official name | Shaw Air Force Base |
|---|---|
| Location | Sumter, South Carolina (SC) |
| City and state (page) | Sumter, SC |
| FAA Form 5010 ident | KSSC |
| IATA code | SSC |
| ICAO code | KSSC |
| Airport class | medium_airport |
| Latitude / longitude | 33.9727° N, 80.4706° W |
| Field elevation | 241 ft MSL |
| Scheduled passenger service | No |
| Official airport website | http://www.shaw.af.mil/ |
| Reference article | Wikipedia entry |
Nearby airports
If Shaw Air Force Base doesn't fit your schedule or routing, the closest alternative public-use airports are listed below. The first column is sorted by approximate great-circle distance from this airport.
| Airport | City | State | Codes | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter Airport | Sumter | SC | SUM / KSMS |
small_airport |
| El Porvenir Airpark | Boykin | SC | SC44 / - |
small_airport |
| Flying O Airport | Sumter | SC | 00SC / - |
small_airport |
| Gwinn Field | Hopkins | SC | 1SC2 / - |
small_airport |
| Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base | Eastover | SC | MMT / KMMT |
medium_airport |
| Over the Hill Airport | Elgin | SC | 12SC / - |
small_airport |