Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base , 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.
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.FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
Facilities Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base covers an area of and has two seaplane landing areas:
Runway E/W: , surface: water Runway N/S: , surface: water
Historical air service
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. 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, Grumman Mallard, Short Sandringham S-25 and Vought Sikorsky VS-44.
Renaming the seaplane terminal The terminal was named the Charles F. Blair, Jr.http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/08/27/seaplane-terminal-named-charles-blair Seaplane Terminal Named for Charles Blair terminal in honor of Charles F. Blair, Jr., an aviation pioneer and the founder of the seaplane airline, Antilles Air Boats.
References
External links
Accident history for SPB at Aviation Safety Network