List of airports in Jamaica
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This is a list of airport
s in Jamaica
, grouped by type and sorted by location.
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...
s in 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...
, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Airports
Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.City/town served | Parish Parishes of Jamaica Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance :... |
ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... |
IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association... |
Airport name | Coordinates Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... |
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Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Kingston / St. Andrew Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains and at the 2001 census had the highest population of all the parishes in Jamaica. The Right Excellent George William Gordon Saint... |
MKJP | KIN | Norman Manley International Airport Norman Manley International Airport -Cargo :The following Cargo/Courier serve Norman Manley International Airport:-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 July 1960, the captain of a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación hijacked the aircraft on a flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana to Miami International Airport, Florida... |
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Montego Bay Montego Bay Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches... |
Saint James Saint James Parish, Jamaica St James is a suburban parish, located on the north west end of the island of Jamaica. Its capital, Montego Bay, derived from the Spanish word Manteca because many wild hogs were found there from which they made lard. It was named publicly the second city of Jamaica, behind Kingston, in 1981.... |
MKJS | MBJ | Sangster International Airport | Operational | |
Ocho Rios Ocho Rios Ocho Ríos is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica. Although he landed in many spots along the Jamaican coast, many believe that Christopher Columbus first set foot on land in Ocho Rios... /Boscobel Boscobel, Jamaica Boscobel is located in St. Mary Parish on the north shore of Jamaica, ten miles east of Ocho Rios. It is home to Ian Fleming International Airport and is located approximately half-way between Montego Bay and Kingston.-References:... |
Saint Mary Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Saint Mary is a parish located in the northeast section of Jamaica. With a population of 115,000 it is one of Jamaica's smallest parishes, located in the county of Middlesex. Its chief town and capital is Port Maria, located on the coast. It is also the birthplace of established dancehall reggae... |
MKBS | OCJ | Ian Fleming International Airport | Operational | |
Domestic airports | ||||||
Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Kingston / St. Andrew Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains and at the 2001 census had the highest population of all the parishes in Jamaica. The Right Excellent George William Gordon Saint... |
MKTP | KTP | Tinson Pen Aerodrome Tinson Pen Aerodrome Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica is the largest of Jamaica's three domestic airports. It is located on Marcus Garvey Drive, a major highway that links Kingston to the nearby residential community of Portmore. The airport is also located near the Kingston Free Zone, a transshipment port.... |
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Mandeville Mandeville, Jamaica Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of the total population is about 72,000. It is located on an inland plateau at an... |
Manchester | MVJ | Marlboro Airport (Marlborough Airport) | Closed | ||
Negril Negril Negril is a small but widely dispersed beach resort town located across parts of two Jamaican parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover. Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island... |
Westmoreland | MKNG | NEG | Negril Aerodrome Negril Aerodrome Negril Aerodrome is an airport serving Negril in western Jamaica. It is located north of Negril Point. It primarily serves the tourist resorts in the area.... |
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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... |
Portland | MKKJ | POT | Ken Jones Aerodrome Ken Jones Aerodrome Ken Jones Aerodrome is an airport located west of Port Antonio, in northeastern Jamaica. It serves tourist resorts in the area and local travel.... |
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Rocky Point Rocky Point, Jamaica Rocky Point is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 3,183 as of 2009.... |
Clarendon | Rocky Point Airstrip | Closed | |||
Military airports | ||||||
Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Kingston / St. Andrew Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains and at the 2001 census had the highest population of all the parishes in Jamaica. The Right Excellent George William Gordon Saint... |
Up Park Camp | Operational | |||
Moneague Moneague Moneague is a small town in Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and Ocho Rios.In the colonial days, the town prospered as a stopover for the rich English on their journey.... |
Saint Ann | Moneague Training Camp | Operational | |||
Vernam Field | Clarendon | Vernam Field | Closed | |||
Private airports | ||||||
Bath Bath, Jamaica Bath is a settlement in Jamaica.... |
Saint Thomas Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Saint Thomas is a suburban parish that is situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, in the county of Surrey. It is the birth place of The right Honorable Paul Bogle, one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes... |
Bath Airfield | Unknown | |||
Bog Walk Bog Walk Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica... |
Saint Catherine | Tulloch Airfield | Operational | |||
Discovery Bay Discovery Bay Discovery Bay is a mixed, primarily residential, development comprising a residential development and private and public recreational facilities in Hong Kong. It is situated on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories. The development spans an area of 650 hectares , and... |
Saint Ann | Discovery Bay Airfield | Operational | |||
Duncans | Trelawny | Braco Airfield | Closed | |||
Ewarton Ewarton -History:The name is most likely a compound of the surname "Ewart" and the suffix -ton, meaning town.The town's economy prospered particularly from 1957 when ALCAN established a bauxite plant nearby... |
Saint Catherine | Ewarton Airfield | Operational | |||
Manchioneal | Portland | Hectors River Airfield | Unknown | |||
Nain Nain, Jamaica Nain is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 2,331 as of 2009.... |
Saint Elizabeth | Nain Airfield | Operational | |||
Old Harbour Bay | Saint Catherine | Port Esquivel Airfield | Operational | |||
Spanish Town Spanish Town Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century... |
Saint Catherine | Caymanas Airfield | Closed | |||
Williamsfield Williamsfield, Jamaica Williamsfield is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 3,299 as of 2009.... |
Manchester | Kirkvine Works Airfield | Operational |
See also
- Transport in JamaicaTransport in JamaicaTransport in Jamaica consists of roadways, railways, ship and air transport, with roadways forming the backbone of the island's internal transport system.-Roadways:...
- List of airports by ICAO code: M#MK - Jamaica
- Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Jamaica