| Norman Manley International Airport | |||
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| IATA: KIN – ICAO: MKJP | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | NMIA Airports Limited | ||
| Serves | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Location | Palisadoes | ||
| Hub for | Skylan Airways Caribbean Airlines |
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| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 8,900 | 2,713 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 1,714,710 | ||
| Aircraft operations | 24,522 | ||
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Norman Manley International Airport (IATA: KIN, ICAO: MKJP), formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an airport serving Kingston in Jamaica. As well as Sangster International Airport, is a hub for Air Jamaica, and is now a hub for Caribbean Airlines. It was named in honour of Norman Washington Manley. There are over 130 international flights a week that depart from Norman Manley International Airport.[3] The airport is located on the Palisadoes tombolo in outer Kingston Harbour; it fronts the city on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other.
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The contract relating to additions and alterations to the departure concourse has been awarded to Kier Construction Limited and is valued at $161.5m. The work will include construction of a new canopy, north of the existing check-in concourse and departure lounge; construction of an additional drop-off pavement area and provision for access by wheelchair passengers; new elevators, electrical air conditioning, public address, fire detection and fire fighting services; and alterations to the existing check-in concourse and mezzanine level to include a new security post and postal agency.
The architect / engineer for the designs are Llewelyn Davies, Jabobs Consultancy & Leading Edge Aviation Planning Professionals Limited (LEAPP), in conjunction with Peter Jervis and Associates Limited and Grace Ashley and Associates.
The project seeks to increase the airport's capacity to cater for projected air and passenger traffic at an acceptable level of service to the year 2023. The project is part of a 20-year masterplan which will be implemented in three phases (1A, 1B and 2) and will cost about $130m. By 2022 it will have involved a virtual reconstruction of the entire airport.
"The first phase of construction and renovation should be complete by 2007."Construction started in June 2006; the intention is for the first phase – which is supposed to make the airport an IATA category C airport – to be completed by 2007. The European Investment Bank is providing $40m (2006) project and the Caribbean Development Bank has approved a loan of $11m (June 2006) for the new project.
Phase 1A commenced planning in 2004 and was completed in 2007, at an estimated cost of $80m (ground-breaking took place in September 2006). This phase comprises a new departures building at the eastern end of the present terminal to accommodate expansion to the present departure concourse, security screening station with space to accommodate explosives detection equipment, out-going immigration, retail concessions and departure lounge.
Additionally a new multi-level passenger finger (pier) that will enable the separation of arriving and departing passengers, as required by security regulations, will be included.
Other items in this phase include:
Phase 1B is scheduled for the period 2008–2012 and will cost approximately $23m. Works under this phase will include:
Phase 2, which is the final phase of the project, is to commence in 2013 and end in 2022. This phase will involve additional improvement and maintenance works to the terminal, landside, airfield and support areas of the facility at a cost of $9m [3] [6] [7]
The following airlines serve Norman Manley International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Canada | Toronto-Pearson |
| Air Sunshine | Guantánamo Bay |
| Air Turks and Caicos | Providenciales |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick |
| Caribbean Airlines | Antigua, Barbados, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Montego Bay, Nassau, New York-JFK, Orlando, Philadelphia, Port of Spain, Saint Maarten, Toronto-Pearson |
| Cayman Airways | Grand Cayman |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City |
| Insel Air | Curaçao |
| Jamaica Air Shuttle | Santiago de Cuba, Port-au-Prince |
| JetBlue Airways | Fort Lauderdale [begins April 30], New York-JFK |
| REDjet | Barbados, Port of Spain |
| Skylan Airways | Montego Bay |
| Spirit Airlines | Fort Lauderdale |
| Sunrise Airways | Port-au-Prince |
| Sunwing Airlines | Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways | London-Gatwick [ends April 16] |
The following Cargo/Courier serve Norman Manley International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ABX Air | Miami [for Air Jamaica Cargo] |
| Amerijet International | Miami, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo |
| Copa Airlines | Panama |
| DHL | |
| FedEx Express | Montego Bay |
| IBC Airways | Miami |
| Mountain Air Cargo | Miami |
| Sunrise Airways | Port-au-Prince |
| TNT Airways | |
| UPS Airlines |
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