Jacksonville International Airport
| Jacksonville International Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | KJAX |
| IATA code | JAX |
| Coordinates | |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 11 miles north of Jacksonville |
| Street | I-95 / I-295 / FL 102 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | October 1968 |
| operator | Jacksonville Aviation Authority |
| surface | 3200 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 6,460,561 (2018) |
| Air freight | 70,626 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
96,056 (2016) |
| Runways | |
| 08/26 | 3048 m × 46 m asphalt |
| 14/32 | 2347 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Jacksonville Airport ( Jacksonville International Airport ) is one of three airports in the city of Jacksonville in the northeast of the US state of Florida .
Airlines and Destinations
Jacksonville International Airport is used by the airlines Allegiant , American Airlines / American Eagle , Delta Air Lines / Delta Connection , Frontier Airlines , Jetblue Airways , Southwest Airlines , Spirit Airlines and United Airlines / United Express .
34 destinations in the United States are served, including the hubs of the individual airlines. The only airline that serves the airport with medium- haul aircraft is Delta Airlines . It connects the coastal city with its Atlanta hub seven times a day, partly with a Boeing 757 and partly with a Boeing 737-900 .
Although the airport is officially called Jacksonville International Airport , it is only served by national airlines. At times, Air Canada flew to Toronto .
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail ) |
Aircraft movements (with military) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6,460,561 | ||
| 2017 | 5,563,303 | ||
| 2016 | 5,591,886 | 70,626 | 96.056 |
| 2015 | 5,501,889 | 65,820 | 93.010 |
| 2014 | 5,230,988 | 64,689 | 89,597 |
| 2013 | 5,129,212 | 66,280 | 90.034 |
| 2012 | 5,222,125 | 67,959 | 87,448 |
| 2011 | 5,515,165 | 65,905 | 97,801 |
| 2010 | 5,601,500 | 66,654 | 96,440 |
Busiest routes
| rank | city | Passengers | airline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta , Georgia | 761.200 | Delta , Southwest |
| 2 | Charlotte , North Carolina | 272,950 | American / American Eagle |
| 3 | New York – JFK , New York | 191.060 | Delta / Delta Connection , JetBlue |
| 4th | Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas | 170,770 | American / American Eagle |
| 5 | Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois | 144,730 | American / American Eagle, Frontier , Spirit , United Express |
| 6th | Fort Lauderdale , Florida | 139,330 | JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit |
| 7th | Baltimore , Maryland | 138,340 | Southwest, Spirit |
| 8th | Washington – National , Washington, DC | 127,750 | American Eagle, JetBlue |
| 9 | Boston , Massachusetts | 113,890 | Delta Connection, JetBlue |
| 10 | Nashville , Tennessee | 105,730 | Southwest |
Incidents
- On December 6, 1984, an Embraer EMB 110P1 (N96PB) of the Princetown-Boston Airline broke apart shortly after taking off from Jacksonville Airport and fell to the ground. All 13 occupants of the machine were killed in the crash. A structural failure in the elevator area was found (see also PBA flight 1039 ) .
Web links
- Airport website (English)
- Website of the airport operator (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Aviation Statistics. FlyJAX.com, accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Airlines / Reservations. FlyJacksonville.com, accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b American Airlines FlightMaps. AA.FltMaps.com, accessed July 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b flight plan. United.com , accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Delta Air Lines FlightMaps. DL.FltMaps.com, accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Traveler Information. FlyJacksonville.com, accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ^ Traveler Information. FlyJacksonville.com, accessed December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ FlugRevue September 2008, pp. 64–67, Jacksonville International Airport - A big one among the little ones
- ↑ Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville International (JAX). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed December 14, 2019 .