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Tinson Pen Aerodrome
Tinson Pen Aerodrome
	IATA: KTP; ICAO: MKTP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of Jamaica
Serves	Kingston, Jamaica
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	17°59′19″N 076°49′26″W / 17.98861°N 76.82389°W
Map
	MKTP Location in Jamaica
Runways
	Sources: AAJ, DAFIF

Tinson Pen Aerodrome (IATA: KTP, ICAO: MKTP) 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. The airport catered mainly to business travellers. The airport also provided a commercial link between the cities of Kingston and Montego Bay. Tinson Pen Aerodrome handled approximately 92,091 passengers in 2001.^[4]

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 16 ft (5 m) above mean sea level.^[2] It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,300 ft × 100 ft (1,311 m × 30 m). There is a 100LL fueling station and the airport supports night flight operations.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The airport formerly had scheduled passenger service provided by Air Jamaica Express and International AirLink.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

The following table shows the number of passengers using the airport annually from 1997 through 2001.^[4]

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Passengers	62,079	71,380	87,572	89,887	92,091

References

^ ^a ^b "Tinson Pen Aerodrome". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Airport information for MKTP^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ Airport information for KTP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ ^a ^b "Domestic Aerodromes (Eastern Region)". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007.