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Alexander Hamilton Airport
Airport Directory » Virgin Islands, United States » St Croix Island » Alexander Hamilton AirportHenry E. Rohlsen Airport( 17°42′06″N 64°48′06″W / 17.7016°N 64.8017°W / 17.7016; -64.8017) (IATA: STX, ICAO: TISX, FAA LID: STX) is a public airport turn up 6 land mile (ten kilometre) southwestward of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The airport is named after Henry E. Rohlsen, a St. Croix native who was 1 of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
It is a little international airport that hosts principally inter-Caribbean voyages. The airport, which used to be 1 of the hubs for Aero Virgin Islands dorsum in the 1970s and 1980s, has the capacity to have jet plane up to the size of it of the Boeing 747s. It was once known as Alexander Hamilton International Airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport covers an area of 1,455 acres (589 ha) which incorporates 1 asphalt paved landing track (10/28) measure out 10,004 x 150 foot (3,049 x 46 m). For the 12-month time period finish December 31, 2006, the airport had 13,672 aircraft functioning, an mean of 37 per solar day: 68% air cab, 25% civil aviation, 7% scheduled commercial and 1% armed forces. In the same time period, there were also 31 aircraft ground at this airport, including 15 multi-engine, 9 single-engine, 3 jet plane, 3 armed forces aircraft and 1 eggbeater.
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