Henry E. Rohlsen Airport

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
IATA: STX – ICAO: TISX – FAA LID: STX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Virgin Islands Port Authority
Location Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL 74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates
Map
TISX
Location in Saint Croix
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 10,004 3,049 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 13,672
Based aircraft 31
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (IATA: STX, ICAO: TISX, FAA LID: STX) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) southwest of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.[1] The airport is named after Henry E. Rohlsen, a St. Croix native who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.

It is a small international airport that hosts mainly inter-Caribbean flights. The airport, which was a hub for Aero Virgin Islands in the 1970s and 1980s, has the capability to receive jets up to the size of the Boeing 747s. It was formerly known as Alexander Hamilton International Airport.

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Facilities and aircraft

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport covers an area of 1,455 acres (589 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (10/28) measuring 10,004 × 150 ft (3,049 × 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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
American Airlines Miami
American Eagle San Juan
Cape Air St. Thomas, San Juan
Coastal Air Anguilla, Nevis, Dominica, St. Barts, St. Eustatius
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Atlanta
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines Seasonal: Atlanta
JetBlue Airways San Juan
LIAT St. Maarten, Antigua
Seaborne Airlines St. Thomas, San Juan-Isla Grande, San Juan-LMM[2]
SeaFlight St. Thomas
US Airways Seasonal: Charlotte
Vieques Air Link Vieques

Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
FedEx Express
Four Star Air Cargo
UPS Airlines

World War II

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force stationed the 12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) at the airport for antisubmarine patrols flying B-18 Bolo aircraft from 8 November 1941-10 November 1942.

Incidents

On July 24, 1979, Prinair Flight 610 crashed shortly after takeoff from Alexander Hamilton Airport. One crew member and seven passengers were killed.[3]

References

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal
World War II portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for STX (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ New flights to San Juan International Seaborne Airlines
  3. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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