City: Hilton Head, SC

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (843) 689-5400

Address: 120 Beach City Rd.

Description: Hilton Head’s airport has an up-to-date, spacious terminal that is served by two commercial carriers, as of Spring 2010 (remember, air travel is a volatile business and things change a lot). The longest established there is U.S. Airways Express (800-428-4322). U.S. Airways Express offers 8 to 14 flights each day to and from Charlotte, North Carolina, and direct flights to and from Washington, D.C., on weekends. Delta Connection (843-342-5380) offers three departures daily.Six rental-car agencies maintain desks at the airport: Avis Rent A Car (843-681-4216, 888-897-8448), Budget Rent A Car (843-689-3737, 800-527-7000), Enterprise (843-689-9910), Hertz Rent A Car (843-681-7604, 800-654-3131), National Car Rental (843-681-7367, 800-CAR-RENT), and Thrifty Car Rental (843-689-9990, 800-847-4389). There are nine taxicab and shuttle services operating from the airport. Rates from the airport are set by the cab companies and monitored by Beaufort County: Standard rates are $12 to the Hampton Inn; $21 to Hilton Head Plantation; $21 to the Marriott/Palmetto Dunes; $21 to Shipyard; $22 to the Holiday Inn Oceanfront; $25 to Sea Pines; $42 to Del Webb Sun City near Bluffton, South Carolina; and $80 to Savannah.The airport has short- and long-term parking lots: Short-term rates are free for the first 15 to 30 minutes and $1 for each additional half hour, with a maximum charge of $8 for each 24-hour period; long-term rates are $1 for the first hour and $1 for each additional half hour, with a maximum charge of $6 for each 24-hour period and a weekly charge of $36.