Henry E. Rohlsen Airport

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Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport
File:Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (Tower).jpg
IATA: STX – ICAO: TISX – FAA LID: STX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Virgin Islands Port Authority
Serves St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL 74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
STX is located in Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands
STX
STX
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

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. In 1996, Alexander Hamilton International Airport was renamed Henry E. Rohlsen Airport.

History

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 November 8, 1941 to November 10, 1942.

Historically, a number of airlines operated scheduled passenger jet service into St. Croix in the past. These air carriers included Air Florida with Douglas DC-9-10s, Caribair with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, Eastern Airlines with Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s and 757-200s, Midway Airlines with Boeing 737-200s, Pan Am with Boeing 727-200s as well as A300B4s [2] and Trans Caribbean Airways with Boeing 727-200s.[3] One air carrier that has served St. Croix for many years is American Airlines. In 1974, American was serving the airport with Boeing 707 and Boeing 727-100 jetliners with nonstop flights to New York City.[4] In 1994, American was operating Airbus A300-600R wide body jets into St. Croix with nonstop service to Miami.[5] A Boeing 747 carrying relief supplies during the aftermath of Hurricane Marilyn landed at the airport.

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 ft × 150 ft (3,049 m × 46 m). For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2013, the airport had 36,287 aircraft operations, an average of 99 per day: 68% air taxi, 25% general aviation, 6% scheduled commercial and 1% military. In the same period, there were also 36 aircraft based at this airport, including 11 single-engine, 15 multi-engine, 5 jets, four military aircraft and one helicopter.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
American Airlines Miami
Seasonal: Charlotte
Cape Air Saint Thomas, San Juan, Vieques
Coastal Air Dominica-Canefield, Nevis, Sint Eustatius
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Atlanta
Hummingbird Air Dominica–Canefield, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia-George Charles, Saint Thomas
Seasonal: Sint Maarten, Tortola
JetBlue Airways San Juan
LIAT Antigua, Sint Maarten
Norwegian Air Shuttle
operated by Norwegian Long Haul		 Copenhagen
Seaborne Airlines San Juan, Saint Thomas
Sea Flight Airlines Saint Thomas

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
DHL Express San Juan
FedEx Express San Juan
UPS Airlines San Juan

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest from St. Croix to U.S. and its territories
(STX inbound & outbound passengers) (February 2012 – January 2013)[6]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 San Juan 77,080 American Eagle, JetBlue, Seaborne Airlines, Cape Air
2 Miami 77,060 American Airlines
3 St. Thomas 35,040 Cape Air, Seaborne Airlines, Seaflight
4 Charlotte 2,000 US Airways
5 Vieques 2,000 Seaborne Airlines, Cape Air

Accidents and incidents

  • On July 24, 1979, Prinair Flight 610 crashed shortly after takeoff from Alexander Hamilton Airport. One crew member and seven passengers were killed.[7]

References

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for STX (Form 5010 PDF), effective July 5, 2007
  2. ↑ http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photos/3538303/Pan-Am/Airbus/A300/N211PA
  3. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Official Airline Guides (OAGs) dated Nov. 15, 1979 and July 1, 1983; http://www.airchives.net, Caribair system timetables; http://www.timetableimages.com, July 7, 1969 Trans Caribbean Airways system timetable
  4. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 1, 1974 American Airlines system timetable
  5. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 1, 1991 Official Airline Guide (OAG), St. Croix-Miami schedules
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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