Ken Jones Aerodrome is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Port Antonio

Port Antonio

Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about 60 miles from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991...

, in northeastern Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. It serves tourist resorts in the area and local travel.

Ken Jones Aerodrome handled approximately 8,546 passengers in 2001. The airport formerly had scheduled passenger service provided by Air Jamaica Express

Air Jamaica Express

Air Jamaica Express was an airline based in Kingston, Jamaica and before folding operated as a subsidiary of Air Jamaica. It operated domestic and inter island scheduled flights and charter services...

.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 20 ft (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 09/27 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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surface measuring 3425 by 90 ft (1,043.9 by 27.4 ). There are no fueling facilities and the airport has no night flight operations.

Passengers

The following table shows the number of passengers using the airport annually from 1997 through 2001.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Passengers	12,251	11,493	12,400	9,836	8,546