The Carolinas #1 Rated

Skydiving Center near Charlotte

First Time Skydiving
Get ready to embark on the
adventure of a lifetime.
Learn to Skydive
Designed to train an individual with a strong foundation to become a solo, certified skydiver.
Experienced Skydivers
We welcome experienced and licensed skydivers and would love for you to join our community!

We are proud to be known as the premier skydiving center of North and South Carolina, serving Charlotte, Columbia & beyond.

Located just across the North Carolina state line in Chester, SC, we are about an hour drive from Charlotte and Columbia and within easy reach of Asheville, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Charleston. Our full-service dropzone offers tandem skydiving, learn to skydive programs and one of the nation’s largest skydiving events, CarolinaFest.

Whether it’s your first time tandem skydiving or you’re a seasoned skydiver with thousands of jumps, we hope you will come see what our SC skydiving community is all about.

Learn more about our Owners and values

Drop Zone Amenities

Turbine Aircraft
Gear Store
Covered Packing Area
Blue Sky Cafe
Showers / Facilities

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Tandem Skydive

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

$259

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Skydiving Gift Certificates

Give a gift they'll never forget!

$75

AFF Pricing

First Jump Course & Skydive

$349

Lift Tickets

Starting Cost

$31

Group Pricing

Save up to this much on groups.

$20/per

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We are Closer Than You Think

Charlotte: 1 hr
Columbia: 1 hr 10 mins
Greenville: 1 hr 40 mins
Spartanburg: 1 hr 10 mins
Charleston: 3 hrs 15 mins
Raleigh: 3 hrs 30 mins
Asheville: 2 hrs 15 mins

Fantastic atmosphere!! Great aircraft, spacious hangar with spaces for packing, rigging loft, student classroom, video-rooms as well as team rooms available for debriefings! Whether you're coming for your first tandem or preparing for Nationals you will be received with warm welcome and provided with all that is necessary to accomplish your goals!!

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Staff Spotlight

Marlon Pacheco and Alexandra Arroyo de Pacheco.

Grounds & Building Team

Alexandra and Marlon do everything with excellence as for the Lord. They are an enthusiastic team from Ecuador, South America, got married in November 1988, moved to and lived in Charlotte, NC since October 1999. They have 2 children.

They love the Lord, family, travel, and volunteering.In 2015 they received the Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service of Mecklenburg and Union Counties.

They came to volunteer for CarolinaFest for the first time in 2010. They started giving a hand around 2011. They are doing some of the landscape and part of the maintenance on the field and now officially part of the staff of Skydive Carolina. They love being part of this big family and enjoy the opportunity to see the beautiful sunsets for about 7 years.

Marlon studied Horticulture at the University of Manabí in Ecuador.

Alexandra studied at the Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School known as Zamorano in Honduras.

Marlon has done 2 tandems, Alexandra has done 5 tandems and they are looking forward to doing many more.

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Our Values:

Safety
Quality
Service
Innovation

We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our staff members and our community. We aim to inspire and motivate those around us while encouraging learning and teaching. We will remain committed to teamwork, camaraderie and accountability to reach our goals of delivering services better than anyone else. We will develop leaders for the skydiving community.