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Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi

Coordinates: 27°46′52″N 97°30′33.5″W / 27.78111°N 97.509306°W / 27.78111; -97.509306
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Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas in the United States
A US Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin at CGAS Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi is located in the United States
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
Location in the United States
Coordinates27°46′52″N 97°30′33.5″W / 27.78111°N 97.509306°W / 27.78111; -97.509306
TypeCoast Guard Air Station
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Homeland Security
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard
Controlled byEighth District
ConditionOperational
Aircraft operatedMH-65 Dolphin
HC-144 Ocean Sentry
WebsiteOfficial website
Site history
Built1950 (1950) (as Air Detachment)
In use1950 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Captain Edward Gaynor
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: CRP, ICAO: KCRP, FAA LID: CRP, WMO: 722510
Elevation14 metres (46 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
13/31 2,289 metres (7,510 ft) Asphalt
18/36 1,853.1 metres (6,080 ft) Asphalt
Airfield shared with Corpus Christi International Airport
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is an Air Station of the United States Coast Guard located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Station is co-located with Sector Corpus Christi offices at Corpus Christi International Airport . The Coast Guard Air Detachment was established on 20 November 1950, and served the entire western Gulf of Mexico with one PBY-5 Catalina fixed wing aircraft, and four pilots. In 1965, the detachment was formally designated USCG Air Station Corpus Christi. Early aircraft consisted of HU-16E Albatross, HH-52A Seaguard helicopter, HC-131 Samaritan, and HU-25A fanjets.[2] Following extensive personnel and equipment changes in the operations department, the air station became fully operational on October 15, 1980, and operated as one of thirteen Coast Guard Group units between Port O'Connor, Texas and the Mexican border. The Station, maintained a 24-hour Search and rescue capability, with the use of three HH-52A helicopters and three HU-25A fanjets. The Unit averaged over 400 rescues a year, which included searches for overdue vessels, assisting sinking or disabled boats, and medical evacuations from offshore oil rigs. In the spring of 1986 the station's HH-52s were replaced with the Aérospatiale HH-65 Dolphin helicopter. In May 2005 the Coast Guard commissioned Air station Corpus Christi to combine all the units within the area of Port Lavaca to Brownsville under one unified command.[3]

References

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  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for CRP PDF
  2. ^ "USCG AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI" (PDF). uscg.mil. Retrieved 28 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas". .uscg.mil. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
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