TROPICALSIM - ST.THOMAS - KING / TIST - VIRGIN ISLANDS

After the recent release of Providenciales airport at Turks & Caicos Islands, Tropicalsim has done another new airport on the nearby for all those who love flying the Caribbean region: St. Thomas` Cyril E. King airport / TIST, located on the US Virgin Islands.

This one is FSX only!

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. It is currently the busiest airport in the United States Virgin Islands, and one of the busiest in the eastern Caribbean. The airport also serves nearby St. John and is often used by those traveling to the British Virgin Islands.

It was known as Harry S. Truman Airport until 1984, when it was renamed to honor Cyril Emmanuel King, the second elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. A new airport opened in November 1990 and retained the name.

The length of the runway is 7,000 feet. The terminal has 11 gates and is host to several major airlines. There are also commuter flights between St. Thomas, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. Non-stop jet service is available from Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, Newark and and New York.

Cyril E. King Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (10/28) measuring 7,000 x 150 ft (2,134 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2008, the airport had 84,273 aircraft operations, an average of 230 per day: 50% air taxi, 15% scheduled commercial, 33% general aviation and 1% military. During the same period, there were 84 aircraft based at this airport: 57% multi-engine, 37% single engine, 5% helicopters and 1% ultralight.

From the release of our King/TIST we now offer you a total of 16 airports to enhance your routes on FSX. From these total, 11 are located at the Caribbean region:
- Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Punta Cana, Cancún, Providenciales, Melville Hall, Canefield, Nassau, Tocumén and now St. Thomas.

This is a lot of fun to your flights, and there is much more yet to come.

Please note that different from our recent releases, this King/TIST is FSX only. Our early FS9 version of this airport is still available here at Simmarket, for the FS9 simmers, under the Fly To Caribe series.