AS Clearwater

Air Station Clearwater

The Largest and Busiest Air Station


AS ClearwaterWe are the largest and busiest Air Station in the Coast Guard. In addition to the local area, our Area of Operations includes the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean basin, and the Bahamas. We constantly maintain deployed H-60s for Operations Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), a joint DEA, Coast Guard, Bahamian Turks and Caicos anti-drug and migrant smuggling operation in the Bahamas. We also have C-130s deployed in support of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) operations in the Caribbean. This is done while simultaneously maintaining a constant Bravo Zero Search and Rescue response at home in Florida.

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Contact Us

Air Station Clearwater is located on the NW side of the St Petersburg - Clearwater Int'l Airport. We are the largest air station in the Coast Guard and support a variety of missions with both C-130 and H-60 aircraft. We also have an award-winning galley, medical clinic, exchange and housing office that service hundreds of Coast Guard personnel assigned to units in the greater Tampa Bay Area.

15100 Rescue Way
Clearwater, FL 33762

(727) 535-1437 x1148

Command Assistant: SMB-AirStaClearwater-CMDAssistant@uscg.mil