Cyril E. King Airport

Cyril E. King Airport
IATA: STT ICAO: TIST FAA LID: STT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Virgin Islands Port Authority
Location	Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Focus city for	Air Sunshine
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	18°20′14″N 064°58′24″W / 18.33722°N 64.97333°W / 18.33722; -64.97333
Website	www.viport.com/cekastt
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (Jan 2023 - Dec 2023)
Total Passengers 1,399,000 Based aircraft 98
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cyril E. King Airport (IATA: STT, ICAO: TIST, FAA LID: STT) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.^[1] It is currently the busiest airport in the United States Virgin Islands, and one of the busiest in the eastern Caribbean, servicing 1,403,000 passengers from July 2015 through June 2016.^[2] The airport also serves the island of St. John and is additionally often used by those travelling to the nearby British Virgin Islands.

Although passports are not required for U.S. citizens who are visiting the U.S. Virgin Islands from other U.S. jurisdictions, all passengers bound for the continental United States and Puerto Rico must pass through U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening before boarding their flight. Private planes can either use CBP Preclearance or arrive in the continental United States or Puerto Rico as an international arrival.

The airport operates one main runway that is 7,000 ft × 150 ft (2,134 m × 46 m) long. The terminal operates 11 gates.