36°15′27″N 76°11′00″W / 36.25750°N 76.18333°W
Air Station Elizabeth City | |
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Active | 1940 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Coast Guard |
Type | Air Station |
Role | Search and rescue, maritime patrol |
Website | Official website |
Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | MH-60T Jayhawk |
Patrol | HC-130J Hercules |
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City is a United States Coast Guard Air Station co-located at Elizabeth City Regional Airport in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, along the Pasquotank River near the opening of the Albemarle Sound. The Coast Guard air station is one of the busiest in the U.S. Coast Guard, operating missions as far away as Greenland, the Azores and the Caribbean.