Norman Manley International Airport

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Norman Manley International Airport
Norman Manley International Airport.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code MKJP
IATA code KIN
Coordinates

17 ° 56 '8 "  N , 76 ° 47' 15"  W Coordinates: 17 ° 56 '8 "  N , 76 ° 47' 15"  W.

Height above MSL 3 m (10  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 4 km south of Kingston (Jamaica)
Basic data
operator NMIA Airports Limited
Terminals 1
Passengers 1,715,179 (2006)
Air freight 16,124 t (2006)
Flight
movements
23,286 (2006)
Employees 3500
Start-and runway
12/30 2713 m × 46 m asphalt

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The Norman Manley International Airport ( IATA : KIN ; ICAO : MKJP ) (previously Palisadoes Airport ) is the international commercial airport of Kingston , the capital of Jamaica . With 1.4 million passengers in 2014, it is the second largest airport in the country after Montego Bay and serves as a hub for Caribbean Airlines , Fly Jamaica Airways and Skylan Airways .

The airport is located about four kilometers south of Kingston on an offshore headland and handles up to 130 international flights per week. In addition to numerous connections within the Caribbean and to North America , including Havana , Nassau , Miami and New York , British Airways currently offers direct flights to a destination in Europe with connections to Gatwick .

Until 2003, the airport, which is one of Kingston's most important employers with around 3,500 employees, was managed by the Airports Authority of Jamaica , when it transferred the task to its subsidiary NMIA Airports Limited for 30 years .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 KB) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .

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