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Cyril E. King Airport
Airport Directory » Virgin Islands, United States » St Thomas Island » Cyril E. King AirportCoordinates: 18°20′14″N 064°58′24″W / 18.33722°N 64.97333°W / 18.33722; -64.97333
Cyril E. King Airport (IATA: STT, ICAO: TIST, FAA LID: STT) is a public airport turn up 2 land mile (three kilometre) due west of the central downtown of Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is now the busiest airport in the United States Virgin Islands, and 1 of the busiest in the eastern Caribbean. The airport also assists nearby St. John and is frequently used by those traveling to the British Virgin Islands.
It was known as Harry S Truman Airport until 1984, when it was renamed to honour Cyril Emmanuel King, the 2nd elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. A new airport opened in November 1990 and retained the name.
The airport functions 1 independent landing track, around 7,000 foot (2,100 m) long.
Facilities and aircraft
Cyril E. King Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) which incorporates 1 asphalt paved landing track (10/28) measure out 7,000 x 150 foot (2,134 x 46 m). For the 12-month time period finish January 31, 2008, the airport had 84,273 aircraft functioning, an mean of 230 per solar day: 50% air cab, 15% scheduled commercial, 33% civil aviation and 1% armed forces. During the same time period, there were 84 aircraft ground at this airport: 57% multi-engine, 37% individual engine, 5% eggbeaters and 1% ultralight.
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