- Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
IATA = STX
ICAO = TISX
FAA = STX
type = Public
owner = Virgin Islands Port Authority
operator =
city-served =
location =Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
elevation-f = 74
elevation-m = 23
website =
r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 10,004
r1-length-m = 3,049
r1-surface =Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 13,672
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 31
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=STX|use=PU|own=PU|site=55030.*A, effective 2007-07-05]Henry E. Rohlsen Airport( coord|17.7016|-64.8017|region:US_type:airport) Airport codes|STX|TISX|STX is a public
airport located six miles (10 km) southwest of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix in theUnited States Virgin Islands . The airport is named after Henry E. Rohlsen, a St. Croix native who was one of theTuskegee Airmen duringWorld War II .It is a small international
airport that hosts mainly inter-Caribbean flights. The airport, which used to be one of the hubs forAero Virgin Islands back in the1970s and1980s , has the capability to receive jets up to the size of theBoeing 747 s. It was formerly known as "Alexander Hamilton International Airport".Facilities and aircraft
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport covers an area of 1,455
acre s (589 ha) which contains oneasphalt pavedrunway (10/28) measuring 10,004 x 150 ft (3,049 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 13,672 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 68%air taxi , 25%general aviation , 7% scheduled commercial and 1% military. In the same period, there were also 31 aircraft based at this airport, including 15 multi-engine, nine single-engine, three jets, three military aircraft and one helicopter.Airlines and destinations
*
American Airlines (Miami)
**American Eagle operated byExecutive Airlines (San Juan)
*Cape Air (St. Thomas, San Juan)
*Coastal Air (Anguilla, Dominica, Nevis, St. Barths, St. Eustatius)
*Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
**Delta Connection operated byPinnacle Airlines (Atlanta)
*LIAT (Antigua, St. Maarten)
*Seaborne Airlines (St. Thomas) [pending]
*US Airways (Charlotte) [seasonal, resumes January 3, 2009]
*Vieques Air Link (Vieques)Cargo
*
FedEx
*DHL
*Four Star Aviation
*United Parcel Service References
External links
* [http://www.viport.com/avifacilities.html Virgin Islands Port Authority, Aviation Division] (official site)
*FAA-diagram|05008
*US-airport2|STX|TISX
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