# Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX / TISX)

**Henry E. Rohlsen Airport** (IATA: STX, ICAO: TISX) is a medium airport in Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It opened in Sep 1948. It has one runway, 10,002 ft (3,049 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 535 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/tisx

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: STX / TISX
- FAA: STX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Opened: Sep 1948
- Elevation: 73 ft / 22 m
- Coordinates: 17.7014, -64.8026
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,002 ft / 3,049 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 534,590 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/St_Thomas
- Website: https://www.viport.com/herastx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_E._Rohlsen_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951163
- Weather station: TISX · WMO 78551
- Ident: TISX

## Timeline

- Sep 1948: Henry E. Rohlsen Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 084° / 264° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05008AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 357,236 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 402,713 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 383,914 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 429,851 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 451,374 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 254,664 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 436,250 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 420,234 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 473,019 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 531,507 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 534,590 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

9 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · U.S. Virgin Islands · 45 mi / 73 km · Fly The Whale, Cape Air
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 94 mi / 151 km · Fly The Whale, Cape Air, JetBlue Airways
- [NEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tkpn.md) Vance W. Amory International Airport · St. Kitts & Nevis · 150 mi / 241 km · Cape Air
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 1,139 mi / 1,833 km · American Airlines

### Seasonal (5)

- [SDQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdsd.md) Las Américas International Airport · Dominican Republic · 324 mi / 521 km · Sky High Aviation Services
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 1,564 mi / 2,517 km · American Airlines
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 1,639 mi / 2,638 km · Delta Air Lines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 1,683 mi / 2,709 km · United Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 2,161 mi / 3,477 km · American Airlines

### Cargo (1)

- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 94 mi / 151 km · DHL Aviation, FedEx Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from STX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (7)

- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 3
- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 3
- Fly The Whale · 2
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1 · seasonal
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 1
- DO [Sky High Aviation Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-high-aviation-services) · 1 · seasonal
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

### Cargo (2)

- [DHL Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-aviation) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 535K (2025) | #1,085 of 3,974 | #257 in North America | #2 in VI |
| Longest runway | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | =1,039 of 29,858 | =225 in North America | #1 in VI |
| Elevation | 73 ft / 22 m | =38,046 of 43,403 | =17,248 in North America | #1 in VI |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =1 in VI |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in VI |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SAN JUAN CNTR | 128.650 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | SAN JUAN RDO | 108.200 |
| TWR | ST CROIX TWR | 118.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [CPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjcp.md) Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport · 54 mi / 86 km
- [EIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tupj.md) Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport · 54 mi / 87 km
- [VQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjvq.md) Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport · 54 mi / 88 km
- [VIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tupw.md) Virgin Gorda Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [NRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjrv.md) José Aponte de la Torre Airport · 67 mi / 107 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Henry E. Rohlsen Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_E._Rohlsen_Airport&oldid=1376014387), revision of 21 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/tisx/data