Cyril E King Airport
STT · TIST · Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands · -Virgin Islands- County · map
Cyril E King Airport is a public-use airport owned by V I Port Authority, 2 miles west of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, 24 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now TIST · observed 2:53 pm AST (18:53 UTC), 103 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 12 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,000 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 76°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:40 pm AST (17:40 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm AST (22:00 UTC): wind from the east at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a few clouds at 2,000 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet and more above VFR
- 30% chance between Tue 10:00 pm AST (02:00 UTC) and 4:00 am AST (08:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, rain showers, a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Wed 9:00 am AST (13:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR TIST 061853Z 11012G20KT 10SM SCT030 31/24 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP110 T03110244 $
TAF TIST 061740Z 0618/0718 11013KT P6SM VCSH FEW025 SCT050 FM062200 09009KT P6SM -SHRA FEW020 SCT045 BKN070 PROB30 0702/0708 4SM SHRA BKN025 FM071300 12012KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 SCT035
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA STT · ICAO TIST
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- V I Port Authority
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:30 pm, the control tower closes 1 hour earlier drg daylight savings time.
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 6,892 ft available for landing
- Runway 28: threshold displaced 2,300 ft, 3,870 ft available for landing, pole 28 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.8 | Saint Thomas |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Stt and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.0 | Saint Thomas |
| Ground | 121.9 | Saint Thomas |
| Tower North of island | 118.1 | Saint Thomas |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Saint Thomas |
| El Yunque Center (remote transmitter) · Pico delivery Este Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 128.65 | Saint Thomas |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 340-776-7116.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Charlotte Amalie from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands: 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in U.S. Virgin Islands.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 26 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Aircraft that back taxi for departure on runway 28 shall make their 180 degrees turn cclkws.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 oper DUSK-2300. After 2300, activate high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. Activate PAPI runway 10 and runway end identifier lights runway 10 - the common traffic frequency.
- 50 feet sailboat mast 100 feet west of approach end of runway 10.
- Noise sensitive area: avoid overflights of water island located 2 MI southeast of airport.
- Pilots may enctr false illusory indications durg night visual approaches to runway 10 when using visual cues for vertical guidance; recommended use of the ILS glideslope and fqt cross ref with the aircraft altm to maintenance the proper approach profile.
- Lights on hill 4 NM southeast of airport may be mistaken for runway 10/28 when making a visual approach from the south.
- Runway 10 departures maintain runway hdg until reaching departure end of runway bfr turning on course or assigned hdg unless otrw auzd by the control tower.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) unavailable 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Pilots contact gnd control prior to pushback.
- Obstruction sailboat mast 100FT west of approach end of runway 10 50FT above ground level
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.