Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport

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Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport
IATA: STX - ICAO: TISX
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Virgin Island Port Authority
Serves Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL 74 ft (23 m)
Coordinates 17°42′06″N, 64°47′54″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 10,004 3,049 Asphalt

Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport (IATA: STXICAO: TISX) is located 6 mi (9.7 km) southwest of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands and is a small international airport that is a mini center of Caribbean flights.

The airport, which used to be one of the hubs for Aero Virgin Islands back in the 1970s and 1980s, has the capability to receive jets up to the size of the Boeing 747s.

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The airport was formerly known as Alexander Hamilton International Airport.

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