Towered · Class C surface area
Cyril e King (TIST) radio calls
Charlotte Amalie, VIICAO TIST · FAA STT
Cyril e King is a towered airport in Charlotte Amalie, VI. You will taxi with Ground on 121.9 and work Saint Thomas Tower on 118.1, after listening to the ATIS on 124.0. The tower operates 0700-2230, ATCT CLOSES 1 HR EARLIER DRG DALGT SAVINGS TIME. local.
The airport has a Class C surface area: two-way radio communication with the approach control must be established before entering, and a transponder with altitude reporting is required. Published hours: CLASS C SVC (ST THOMAS) 0700-2230 ATCT CLOSES 1 HR EARLIER DRG DT CTC SAN JUAN CENTER APP/DEP CNTL OTHER TIMES CLASS G.
Frequencies
| ATIS | 124.0 |
|---|---|
| GroundSaint Thomas Ground | 121.9 |
| TowerSaint Thomas Tower | 118.1 |
| CTAF | 118.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.95 |
Airport
- Runways
- 10 · 28
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 10
- Elevation
- 24 ft
- Tower hours
- 0700-2230, ATCT CLOSES 1 HR EARLIER DRG DALGT SAVINGS TIME. local
- Position
- 18.337, -64.973
Towered airport with a Class C surface area
Sample calls at TIST
Cyril e King has a Class C surface area: establish two-way communication with the approach control before entering, and keep it (AIM 3-2-4 c 3). A reply with your call sign, even "standby", establishes it. The calls below use runway 10; the tower assigns the runway in use on the day.
The aircraft is the AIM’s own example, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot; the squawk codes, altitudes and headings are illustrative. Frequencies, station names and runway numbers are this airport’s, from the FAA data.
- Listen to the ATIS on 124.0 first and note the letter; "with Information (letter)" on your first call lets the controller skip the weather (JO 7110.65 3-10-1).
- YouSaint Thomas Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Thomas Ground, runway one zero, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one zero.
- YouRunway one zero, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one zero, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- The runway, any clearance onto a runway and every hold-short instruction are read back (AIM 4-3-18 a 9). Stay on Ground through the run-up and switch to Tower when ready (AIM 4-3-14 a).
- YouSaint Thomas Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one zero, ready for departure, northbound.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Thomas Tower, runway one zero, cleared for takeoff.
- YouRunway one zero, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
- YouSaint Thomas Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Saint Thomas.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Thomas Tower, enter left downwind runway one zero, report midfield downwind.
- YouEnter left downwind runway one zero, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouSaint Thomas Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one zero.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one zero, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
- YouRunway one zero, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- The wind is information: acknowledged, not read back. Exit at the first available taxiway or as told, taxi clear of the hold-short markings, and change to Ground only when the tower says (AIM 4-3-21).
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Saint Thomas Ground one two one point niner.
- YouExit next taxiway, one two one point niner, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouSaint Thomas Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one zero, taxi to the ramp.
If things change. The tower operates 0700-2230, ATCT CLOSES 1 HR EARLIER DRG DALGT SAVINGS TIME. local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 118.8 with the airport name first and last, and the surface area reverts to Class E or Class G as published in the Chart Supplement.
Phraseology from AIM 4-2-3; 4-3-18 a 9; 4-3-14; 4-3-21; 4-4-7 b; 4-1-18 a 3; 3-2-4 c 3. What TowerTalk grades against →
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