United States Coast Guard Air Stations

Coast Guard Air Stations
Racing Stripe Active Country United StatesBranch United States Coast GuardType Air Station Role To provide aviation missions and support

A Coast Guard Air Station provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft that operate from air stations all across the globe. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC 130 Hercules built for long range missions operate from air stations. Helicopters HH-65 Dolphin, Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk and Agusta MH-68 Stingray also operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities and on the flight deck of cutters. Currently, there are 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States.

1 Early Air Stations
2 First District
3 Fifth District
4 Seventh District
5 Eighth District
6 Ninth District
7 Eleventh District
8 Thirteenth District
9 Fourteenth District
10 Seventeenth District

Early Air Stations

The first Coast Guard Air Station was established in 1920 at Morehead City, North Carolina
1925 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
1935 in Salem, Massachusetts, as Coast Guard Air Station Salem
Biloxi, Mississippi between 1933 and 1947
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York in 1936

First District

CGAS Cape Cod, Massachusetts: This air station is located on the Otis Air National Guard Base. They fly both HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters and HU-25 "Falcon" jets and provide coverage from the Canadian border to Long Island, New York.

Fifth District

CGAS Atlantic City, New Jersey: This air station is located at Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona, New Jersey and provides aircrews and aircraft to the Washington, D.C. area as part of Operation Noble Eagle, a Department of Defense (NORAD) mission to protect the air space around the nation's capital.
CGAS Elizabeth City, North Carolina: This is both an operational and a training air station. Enlisted Coast Guardsmen in aviation ratings are taught at its Aviation Technical Training Center.

Seventh District

CGAS Clearwater, Florida
CGAS Miami, Florida
CGAS Savannah, Georgia
CGAS Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Eighth District

CGAS Houston, Texas
CGAS Corpus Christi, Texas
CGAS New Orleans, Louisiana
Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Alabama: This is both an operational and a training air station. Besides performing operational missions, Coast Guard Aviators (pilots) receive flight training on the HH-65, HH-60, and HU-25 aircraft.

Ninth District

CGAS Detroit, Michigan
CGAS Traverse City, Michigan

Eleventh District

CGAS Humboldt Bay, California
CGAS Sacramento, California
CGAS San Francisco, California
CGAS Los Angeles, California: This air station was established in 1962 located adjacent to the north runway complex of Los Angeles International Airport where 3 HH-65 Dolphin Helicopters are parked in hangars. In case of emergency, the Los Angeles County Fire Department Ocean Lifeguard will put in a call to request distress or rescue response anywhere in the waters of southern California.
CGAS San Diego, California