Norman Manley International Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||
| Location | Palisadoes | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Caribbean Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°56′08″N076°47′15″W / 17.93556°N 76.78750°W /17.93556; -76.78750 | ||||||||||
| Website | nmia.aero | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  MKJP Location in Jamaica | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (2024) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Source:DAFIF,[1][2] Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico[3] | |||||||||||
Norman Manley International Airport (IATA:KIN,ICAO:MKJP), formerlyPalisadoes Airport, is aninternational airport servingKingston, Jamaica, and is located south of the island 19 km (12 mi) away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country afterSangster International Airport, recording 629,400 arriving passengers in 2020 and 830,500 in 2021. Over 130 international flights a week depart from Norman Manley International Airport.[4] Named in honour of Jamaican statesmanNorman Manley (1893–1969), it is a hub forCaribbean Airlines. It is located on thePalisadoestombolo in outerKingston Harbour; it fronts the city on one side and theCaribbean Sea on the other.
 | This sectiondoes notcite anysources. Please helpimprove this section byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved.(November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Jamaica has long had a vibrant civil aviation industry, with the first flight reported in the island on 21 December 1911. This was eight years after the world recorded its first powered flight by the Wright brothers.[5] Nineteen years later, on 3 December 1930, the first commercial flight, aConsolidated Commodore twin-engineflying boat operated by Pan American Airways (which eventually becamePan American World Airways), landed in Kingston Harbour.
The year 1934 was also another historic period for the nation's aviation industry when Dr.Albert Ernest Forsythe andC. Alfred "Chief" Anderson (the fathers of African American aviation) arrived in Jamaica fromCuba. This was the first time a land plane arrived at the island by air.
The significant growth in the aviation sector led to the establishment of the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) in 1947. One year later, in 1948, the Kingston Air Traffic Control Centre (KATCC) was established. In the same year, Palisadoes Airport (now Norman Manley International) and Montego Bay Airport (now Sangster International) were established.[6]
The airport was featured in the first James Bond film,Dr. No (1962).
From October 1968, it was the hub for Jamaica's flag carrier,Air Jamaica, until that airline ceased operations during 2015.
 | This section has multiple issues. Please helpimprove it or discuss these issues on thetalk page.(Learn how and when to remove these messages) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
|
The contract relating to additions and alterations to the departureconcourse 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 lifts, 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.
 | This section needs to beupdated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(February 2016) |
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 was completed in 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 – was completed in 2007. TheEuropean Investment Bank is providing $40M (2006) for the 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 enables the separation of arriving and departing passengers, as required by security regulations, was included.
Other items in this phase included:
Phase 1B was completed in 2010, and cost approximately $23M. Works under this phase included:
Phase 2, which is the final phase of the project, commenced in 2013 and is to 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.[4][9][10]
| International | |
|---|---|
| Domestic | |
| Unscheduled | |
| Defunct | |
