Ken Jones Aerodrome

Ken Jones Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of Jamaica
ServesPort Antonio, Jamaica
Elevation AMSL20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates18°11′56″N 076°32′04″W / 18.19889°N 76.53444°W / 18.19889; -76.53444
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MKKJ is located in Jamaica
MKKJ
MKKJ
Location in Jamaica
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 3,425 1,044 Asphalt
Sources: AAJ,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

Ken Jones Aerodrome (IATA: POT, ICAO: MKKJ) is an airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Port Antonio, in northeastern Jamaica. The facility is named after Jamaican civil servant and politician Kenneth Arthur Newton Jones. It serves tourist resorts in the area and local travel.[1] Ken Jones Aerodrome handled approximately 8,546 passengers in 2001.[4]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 20 ft (6 m) above mean sea level.[2] It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,425 ft × 90 ft (1,044 m × 27 m). There are no fueling facilities and the airport has no night flight operations.[1]

Airlines and destinations

There are no scheduled services to the aerodrome.

Statistics

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ken Jones Aerodrome". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Airport information for MKKJ[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ Airport information for POT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ a b "Domestic Aerodromes (Eastern Region)". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007.
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