# Cyril E. King Airport (STT)

> Charlotte Amalie, VI · IATA: STT · ICAO: TIST · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `STT` |
| ICAO | `TIST` |
| City | Charlotte Amalie |
| Country | VI |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 7 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 18.33709, -64.97725 |

## Description

Tourism pays the bills at Cyril E. King Airport (STT/TIST); cargo rides along in its shadow. The St. Thomas gateway works from a single 2,134-metre runway squeezed onto a coastal strip west of Charlotte Amalie, which caps freight at narrowbody scale. Amerijet International serves the island with Boeing 767 flights from Miami, supplemented by Air Cargo Carriers feeders, but no widebody freighter operation exists here. Heavy or outsized shipments are better consolidated via St. Croix (STX), whose runway accepts the 747, or via San Juan (SJU) in Puerto Rico. As a U.S. territory the islands fall under Customs and Border Protection, yet the USVI apply their own duty and tax rules, so goods from the mainland are not automatically free of charges. Operator VIPA selected SkyCity in 2024 for a long-term public-private terminal redevelopment, and a full runway resurfacing began in January 2026 after nightly closures from 22:00 to 05:00 started that December - planners should assume no overnight freight movements while the work runs.

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