The performance of a newly built omega type electrostatic analyzer designed to act as an in-line charge-state purification system for ions in the keV energy range is reported. The analyzer consists of a set of four consecutive electrostatic °concentric cylindrical electrodes enclosed by Matsuda electrodes. This setup was recently tested and validated using O 5+ , Ar 9+ and Xe 20+ ion beams at an energy of qkeV at the ARIBE facility. A resolving power of . and a transmission of % of the desired charge state are measured allowing a good purification of incoming ion beams with charge states up to 10+ and a fairly good purification for charge states at least up to 20+. In comparison with other in-line solutions such as Wien filter, our system has the advantage of being purely electrostatic and therefore lacking common drawbacks as for example hysteresis.