Cyril E. King Airport

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Coordinates: 18°20′14″N 064°58′24″W / 18.33722, -64.97333

Cyril E. King Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: STT – ICAO: TIST – FAA: STT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Virgin Islands Port Authority
Location		Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL		23 ft / 7 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	7,000	2,134	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			23,188
Based aircraft			84
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Cyril E. King Airport (IATA: STT, ICAO: TIST, FAA LID: STT) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.^[1] It is currently the busiest airport in the United States Virgin Islands, and one of the busiest in the eastern Caribbean.

It was known as Harry S. Truman Airport until 1984, when it was renamed to honor Cyril Emmanuel King, the second elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. A new airport opened in November 1990 and retained the name.

The airport operates one main runway, around 7,000 ft long. Although considered by some to be a relatively short runway, La Guardia Airport has the same length, and has frequent visits by wide-bodied aircraft.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 Cargo
4 Accidents
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

The Cyril E. King Airport from an observation overlook

Cyril E. King Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (10/28) measuring 7,000 x 150 ft. (2,134 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 23,188 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 42% air taxi, 31% scheduled commercial, 24% general aviation and 4% military. During the same period, there were 84 aircraft based at this airport: 57% multi-engine, 37% single engine, 5% helicopters and 1% ultralight.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Air Sunshine (Vieques)
American Airlines (Boston [seasonal], Miami, New York-JFK, San Juan [ends September 3])
- American Eagle (San Juan)
Cape Air (St. Croix, San Juan)
Continental Airlines (Newark)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
LIAT (Anguilla, St. Kitts, St. Maarten)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit)
Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale)
Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal])
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, San Juan, Washington-Dulles)
US Airways (Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia)

[edit] Cargo

[edit] Accidents

On December 28, 1970, Trans Caribbean Airways Flight 505 made a hard landing and ran off the side of the runway. Two of the 48 passengers died in the subsequent fire.

On April 27, 1976, American Airlines Flight 625 ran off the end of the runway, killing 37 of the 88 on board the aircraft. Following the crash, American Airlines suspended jet service to the airport, using propliners until the runway was rebuilt to its present length.