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===Brewer's Bay Road=== | ===Brewer's Bay Road=== | ||
This is an excellent spot for afternoon takeoffs from both runways. It is located by the United States Virgin Islands University information booth and bus stop near the entrance to the university on the Brewer's Bay Road. You can park on the street and thanks to this place being on a little hill, you are above the airport fence and you get the wonderful Lindebergh Bay with palm trees as a background. | This is an excellent spot for afternoon takeoffs from both runways. It is located by the United States Virgin Islands University information booth and bus stop near the entrance to the university on the Brewer's Bay Road (by the football field). You can park on the street and thanks to this place being on a little hill, you are above the airport fence and you get the wonderful Lindebergh Bay with palm trees as a background. | ||
* Planes.cz [http://www.planes.cz/cs/photo/1143440/b757-223-n695an-american-airlines-aal-aa-st-thomas-stt-tist/ sample photo] of aircraft taking off from RWY 10. | * Planes.cz [http://www.planes.cz/cs/photo/1143440/b757-223-n695an-american-airlines-aal-aa-st-thomas-stt-tist/ sample photo] of aircraft taking off from RWY 10. | ||
==Locations to Avoid== | ==Locations to Avoid== | ||
As in any Carribean destination, the crime rate here is a bit higher than in most countries in Europe or US. However, at all locations described above I felt safe and was not approached by anyone, including the police. If you choose to walk around the airport, you probably need to be more careful at the stretch of road along the Moravian Hwy as it looks a bit more run down than the other areas. | |||
==Regular Traffic== | ==Regular Traffic== | ||
Although one of the busiest airports in the Eastern Carribean (serves both the US and UK Virgin Islands) with well over a million passengers a year, you usually get around 40 movements a day, most of which consist of small aircraft (Cessna, ATR, and DHC) of regional airlines (Cape Air, Air Sunshine, LIAT, Seaborne Airlines,...). However, also US carriers like Delta, US Airways, | Although one of the busiest airports in the Eastern Carribean (serves both the US and UK Virgin Islands) with well over a million passengers a year, you usually get around 40 movements a day, most of which consist of small aircraft (Cessna, ATR, and DHC) of regional airlines (Cape Air, Air Sunshine, LIAT, Seaborne Airlines,...). However, also US carriers like Delta, American Airlines, US Airways, and Spirit serve this airport daily with '''Boeing 757'''s, Airbus 319s and Embraers. | ||
==Facilities and Transportation== | ==Facilities and Transportation== | ||
Except for the airport facilities, there are not any around the airport. The best way to get around if of course a car that you can rent at the airport. There is a sidewalk that follows the fence of the part airport on the island (the other side of the runway stretches into the ocean) should you want to walk. | Except for the airport facilities, there are not any around the airport. The best way to get around if of course a car that you can rent at the airport. There is a sidewalk that follows the fence of the part airport on the island (the other side of the runway stretches into the ocean) should you want to walk. | ||
There is a couple of hotels within one kilometer from the airport terminal that allow you to be literally within a 2 minute walk from your room to the fence of the airport. Although close to the airport, the hotels feature clean and | There is a couple of hotels within one kilometer from the airport terminal that allow you to be literally within a 2 minute walk from your room to the fence of the airport. Although close to the airport, the hotels feature clean and quiet Carribean beaches. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_E._King_Airport Cyril E. King Airport] (Wikipedia) | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_E._King_Airport Cyril E. King Airport] (Wikipedia) | ||