Henry E Rohlsen Airport
STX · TISX · Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands · -Virgin Islands- County · map
Henry E Rohlsen Airport is a public-use airport owned by Vi Port Authority, 6 miles southwest of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, 73 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 10,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 37 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 29,509 takeoffs and landings a year. About 263,069 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now TISX · observed 7:53 pm AST (23:53 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 9 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:38 pm AST (23:38 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm AST (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm AST (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 14 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet and more above VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm AST (03:00 UTC): wind from the east at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, a few clouds at 2,000 feet, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet (thunderheads) and more above VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am AST (13:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 pm AST (23:00 UTC): wind from the east at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, a broken layer at 8,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR TISX 062353Z 12009G19KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 60000 T02780228 10322 20272 53013 $
TAF TISX 062338Z 0700/0724 11014G22KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 SCT045 BKN070 FM070300 09009KT P6SM VCTS FEW020 SCT030CB BKN050 FM071300 13013KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 SCT035 FM072300 09008KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN080
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 STX · ICAO TISX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Vi Port Authority
- Elevation
- 73 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- 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 | 10,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 9,002 ft available for landing
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, 9,002 ft available for landing, building 217 ft high 5,330 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.6 | Saint Croix |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.65 | Saint Croix |
| Ground | 121.7 | Saint Croix |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Saint Croix |
| El Yunque Center (remote transmitter) · Pico delivery Este Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 128.65 | Saint Croix |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 340-778-8122.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 29,509, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Christiansted from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands: 6 piston twins, 5 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in U.S. Virgin Islands.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10: high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 11:00 pm to 7:00 am - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach to runway 28 smtms obscd by smoke from landfill located east of airport.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- AP surface condition unmon daily 2300 - 0600 ast.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 10.
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.