page_title: United States Virgin Islands
section_title: Transport and communications
hierarchical_section_title: United States Virgin Islands / Transport and communications
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Terminalen ved Cyril E. King Lufthavn på St. Thomas. English: Cyril E. King Airport terminal
context_page_description: The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles to the east of Puerto Rico and west of the British Virgin Islands.
  The U.S. Virgin Islands consists of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles. The territory's capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
  Previously known as the Danish West Indies of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway and the independent Kingdom of Denmark, they and their populations were sold to the United States by Denmark for $25,000,000 in the 1917 Treaty of the Danish West Indies. They are classified by the United Nations as a non-self-governing territory, and are currently an organized, unincorporated United States territory. The U.S.
context_section_description: The Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport serves St. Croix and the Cyril E. King Airport serves St. Thomas and St. John.
  The U.S. Virgin Islands is the only U.S. jurisdiction that drives on the left. This was inherited from what was then-current practice on the islands at the time of the 1917 transfer of the territory to the United States from Denmark. However, because most cars in the territory are imported from the mainland United States, the cars in the territory are left-hand drive. However, not all U.S. vehicle regulations are in force, and there are vehicles on the road that cannot be sold in the mainland U.S. Additionally, headlights use the U.S. pattern which casts light to the right, tending to blind oncoming drivers. Traffic signals are located on the opposite side of the road than they are in the U.S. mainland, and many standard road signs have been altered to fit the left-side driving.
  As in other U.S. territories, U.S. Virgin Islands mail service is handled by the United States Postal Service, using the two-character state code "VI" for domestic mail delivery.ZIP codes are in the 008xx range.
  As of January 2010, specifically assigned codes include 00801–00805 (St Thomas),
  00820–00824 (Christiansted),
  00830–00831 (St. John),
  00840–00841 (Frederiksted),
  and 00850–00851 (Kingshill).
  The islands are part of the North American Numbering Plan, using area code 340, and island residents and visitors are able to call most toll-free U.S. numbers.
  The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the Atlantic Standard Time zone and do not participate in daylight saving time. When the mainland United States is on standard time, the U.S. Virgin Islands are one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. When the mainland United States is on daylight saving time, Eastern Daylight Time is the same as Atlantic Standard Time.
caption: Cyril E. King Airport on St Thomas
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