Norman Manley International Airport
Norman Manley International Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | MKJP |
IATA code | KIN |
Coordinates | |
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 |
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
- ↑ 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 .