United States Coast Guard Air Stations

A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta) provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC-130 Hercules, are built for long range missions and operate from air stations. The MH-65D Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters also operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities and flight deck equipped cutters.

Coast Guard Air Stations
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Active1920-Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Coast Guard
TypeAir Station
RoleTo provide aviation missions and support

First District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York 1936 1998 [1]
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod Sandwich, Massachusetts 1970 Active Located on the Otis Air National Guard Base. Flies the HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters, and HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and provide coverage from the Canada–US border to Long Island, New York. [2]
Coast Guard Air Station Salem Salem, Massachusetts 1935 1970 [3]
Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island Gloucester, Massachusetts 1925 1935 First permanent Coast Guard Air Station [4]
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Fifth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City Atlantic City, New Jersey 1998 Located at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, 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. [6]
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City Elizabeth City, North Carolina 1940 Enlisted Coast Guardsmen in aviation ratings receive their initial aviation training at the Aviation Technical Training Center(ATTC), which is co-located with the AirSta in Elizabeth City, NC. These two commands (AirSta and ATTC) are separate entities. [7]
Coast Guard Air Facility Norfolk Norfolk, Virginia 1987 1989 [8]
Coast Guard Air Station Washington Arlington, Virginia 1952 [9]
Coast Guard Air Station Morehead City Morehead City, North Carolina 1920 1922 Established in 1920 with surplus Curtiss HS and Aeromarine 40 flying boats loaned from the U.S. Navy; lost appropriation in 1922. [10]
[11]

Seventh District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater Clearwater, Florida 1934 Active Located at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. [12]
Coast Guard Air Station Miami Opa-locka, Florida 1964 Active Located at the Opa-locka Executive Airport. [13]
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Savannah, Georgia 1963 Active Located at Hunter Army Airfield [14]
Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 1971 Active Located at the Rafael Hernandez International Airport, formerly Ramey Air Force Base [15]

Eighth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston Houston, Texas 1963 Active Located at the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base [16]
Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 1950 Active Located at the Corpus Christi International Airport [17]
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans Belle Chasse, Louisiana 1955 Active Located at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans [18]
Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama 1966 Active Located at the Mobile Regional Airport [19]
Coast Guard Air Station Biloxi Biloxi, Mississippi 1935 1966 Located at the Biloxi Municipal Airport [13]
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Air Patrol Detachment El Paso El Paso, Texas 1937 1939 Located at Fort Sam Houston [13]

Ninth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Detroit Detroit, Michigan 1966 Active Located at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base [21]
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City Traverse City, Michigan 1946 Active Located at the Cherry Capital Airport [22]
Air Facility Muskegon Muskegon, Michigan N/A Active Detachment of Air Station Detroit [23]
Air Facility Waukegan Waukegan, Illinois N/A Active Detachment of Air Station Traverse City [24]

Eleventh District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay Humboldt Bay, California 1977 [25]
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento McClellan, California 1978 Colocated with McClellan AFB [26]
Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco San Francisco, California 1941 Colocated at San Francisco International Airport [27]
Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles California 19622016 This air station closed in September 2016 when they lost the lease on its facility at the Los Angeles International Airport to an expansion project. Administratively, its component units were relocated to Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California and merged with/became a satellite of CGAS San Francisco. [27]
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[29]
Coast Guard Air Station San Diego San Diego, California 1937 [30]

Thirteenth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria Warrenton, Oregon 1964Active Established at Tongue Point in 1964 and moved to current location in 1966. [31]
Coast Guard Air Station North Bend North Bend, Oregon 1974Active [32]
Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles Port Angeles, Washington 1935Active Air Station Port Angeles is the US Coast Guard's oldest operational air station, in operation since 1935 and today supports three MH-65D Dolphin helicopters, which have been operating at the station since 1984.

Fourteenth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref.
Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point Kapolei, Hawaii 1949Active Operations transferred from Kaneohe in 1949. [33]
[34]
Sangley Point Cavite City, Cavite 19461971 Colocated with Naval Station Sangley Point. Provided aerial support for LORAN stations in the Philippine islands. [35]
SAR Wake
SAR Midway
Air Detachment Kaneohe Hawaii 19451949 [33]
[34]
Air Detachment Guam Agana, Guam 19471972 Established at Naval Air Station Agana to provide LORAN support for western Pacific stations. [35]

Seventeenth District
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Reference
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak Kodiak, Alaska 1947 Active Located at the Kodiak Airport [36]
Coast Guard Air Station Sitka Sitka, Alaska 1977 Active Area encompasses Southeast Alaska to Alaskan-Canadian border and the central Gulf of Alaska [37]
Air Support Facility Cordova Cordova, Alaska 1980[38] Active [39]

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References
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  37. "Air Station Sitka". U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Seventeenth District. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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