Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base

Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base (IATA: SPB, FAA LID: VI22), also known as St. Thomas Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. This private-use airport is owned by the Virgin Islands Port Authority.[1]

Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base

St. Thomas Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerVirgin Islands Port Authority
LocationCharlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates18°20′19″N 064°56′27″W
Map
VI22
Location in the Virgin Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
E/W 10,000 3,048 Water
N/S 4,000 1,219 Water
Statistics (2005)
Enplanements71,555

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this seaplane base had 76,820 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 71,555 enplanements in 2005.[2]

Facilities

Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base covers an area of 3 acres (12,000 m2) and has two seaplane landing areas:[1]

  • Runway E/W: 10,000 ft × 4,000 ft (3,048 m × 1,219 m), surface: water
  • Runway N/S: 4,000 ft × 4,000 ft (1,219 m × 1,219 m), surface: water

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Seaborne Airlines St. Croix–Harbor

Historical air service

Historically, Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle[3][4][5][6] operated scheduled passenger service during the 1980s from the Charlotte Amalie seaplane base with Grumman Mallard aircraft. These Grumman amphibious aircraft were powered either by piston engines or by turboprop engines via a powerplant conversion program. During the 1970s, Antilles Air Boats[7][8][9][10][11][12] operated several different types of seaplanes in scheduled passenger service from the harbor as well including the Consolidated PBY Catalina (Super Catalina version), Grumman Goose, Grumman Mallard, Short Sandringham S-25 and Vought Sikorsky VS-44.

Renaming the seaplane terminal

The terminal was named the Charles F. Blair, Jr.[13][14][15][16][17] terminal in honor of Charles F. Blair, Jr., an aviation pioneer and the founder of the seaplane airline, Antilles Air Boats.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VI22 PDF, retrieved 2011-08-15
  2. FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
  3. https://www.antillesairboats.com/virgin-island-seaplane-shuttle
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvbHJ8IPmW4 VI Seaplane Shuttle
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcBwo6TMH3U Virgin Island Seaplane Shuttle
  6. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch==Virgin%20Islands%20Seaplane%20Shuttle&distinct_entry=true V.I Seaplane Shuttle from airliners.net
  7. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch==Antilles%20Air%20Boats&distinct_entry=true Antilles Air Boats on airliners.net
  8. http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?airline=Antilles%20Air%20Boats%20 Antilles Airboats on jetphotos.net
  9. http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?airline=Antilles%20Air%20Boats%20Inc. Antilles Airboats on jetphotos.net
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPjlPpJSnnQ Antilles Air Boats - St. Croix, U.S.V.I. - Cyril E.King Memorial Services 1978
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPl99keWoi0 Antilles Air Boats - The Earlier Years 1963-1970 - YouTube
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfK5R1eVnsw Antilles Air Boats - The Earlier Years 1963-1970
  13. https://www.cardcow.com/334880/antilles-airboat-terminal-st-thomas-caribbean-islands/ Antilles Airboat Terminal
  14. http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/08/27/seaplane-terminal-named-charles-blair%5B%5D Seaplane Terminal Named for Charles Blair
  15. http://stthomassource.com/content/commentary/op-ed/2013/08/27/remembrance-capt-charles-f-blair A Remembrance of Capt. Charles F. Blair
  16. http://www.viport.com/documents/Events/2013%20Aug%2026%20Program%20Charles%20F.pdf Dedication Program
  17. http://www.viport.com/seaports/seaports.html Archived 2015-10-09 at the Wayback Machine Seaports & Marine Facilities
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