Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base

Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base
Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base; St. Croix Seaplane Base
	IATA: SSB; ICAO: none; FAA LID: VI32;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Virgin Islands Port Authority
Location	Christiansted, St. Croix,; U.S. Virgin Islands
Elevation AMSL	0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates	17°44′50″N 64°42′18″W
Map
	VI32 Location in the Saint Croix VI32 VI32 (the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Runways
Statistics (2005)
Enplanements	68,386
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base (IATA: SSB, FAA LID: VI32), also known as St. Croix Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This private-use airport is owned by the Virgin Islands Port Authority.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this seaplane base had 72,632 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 68,386 enplanements in 2005.[2]

Facilities

Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area:

Runway E/W: 7,000 ft × 600 ft (2,134 m × 183 m), surface: Water

Airlines and destinations

Seaborne Airlines operating de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop seaplanes to Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base on St. Thomas.

Historically, Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle 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.[3] During the 1970s, Antilles Air Boats 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, Short Sandringham (S-25) and Vought Sikorsky VS-44, and Grumman Mallard.[4]

Both Antilles Airboats and The Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle flew to St. Thomas, San Juan, and St. John, with Antilles Airboats serving Fajardo.[5]

References

FAA Airport Master Record for VI32 (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
http://www.airliners.net, photos of Grumman Mallard aircraft operated by Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle in the U.S. Virgin Islands
http://www.airliners.net, photos of Antilles Air Boats aircraft in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Morris, Molly (September 4, 2001). "Seaborne to Fly to Old San Juan - And More". St. Thomas Source. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

External links

Airport information for VI32 at AirNav
Aeronautical chart and airport information for VI32 at SkyVector
Accident history for SSB at Aviation Safety Network

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[FAA-1] FAA Airport Master Record for VI32 (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15

[2] FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005

[3] ttp://www.airliners.net, photos of Grumman Mallard aircraft operated by Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle in the U.S. Virgin Islands

[4] ttp://www.airliners.net, photos of Antilles Air Boats aircraft in the U.S. Virgin Islands

[5] Morris, Molly (September 4, 2001). "Seaborne to Fly to Old San Juan - And More". St. Thomas Source. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.