Airports / South Carolina / SSC
Shaw Air Force Base
KSSC / SSCSumter, South CarolinaELEV 241 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
17 nm
To the nearest alternate
Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (MMT) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Sumter, South Carolina, Shaw Air Force Base (KSSC / SSC) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 241 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SSC for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (MMT, 17 nm), Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (CUB, 26 nm), and Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE, 33 nm).
Charter pricing from SSC depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Sumter.
Field capability
ICAO
KSSC
IATA
SSC
FAA / Local
SSC
Elevation
241 ft
Coordinates
33.9727° N · 80.4706° W
Airspace
C · CharlieClass C — CharlieRadar-controlled airspace around mid-size hubs. Aircraft must be in two-way radio contact and squawking a transponder while approach control sequences arrivals.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs SC fields
state range 10–1,048 ft
At 241 ft, SSC sits higher than 52% of the 33 South Carolina fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 17nmMMTMc Entire Joint National Guard BaseEastover
- 26nmCUBJim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportColumbia
- 33nmCAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportColumbia
- 37nmOGBOrangeburg Municipal AirportOrangeburg
- 39nmFLOFlorence Regional AirportFlorence
- 68nmCHSCharleston International AirportCharleston
Location
Open the full mapKSSC · Shaw Air Force Base · Sumter, SC
From the ramp
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