Ken Jones Aerodrome Explained

Ken Jones Aerodrome
Iata:POT
Icao:MKKJ
Type:Public
Operator:Airports Authority of Jamaica
City-Served:Port Antonio, Jamaica
Elevation-F:20
Coordinates:18.1989°N -76.5344°W
Pushpin Map:Jamaica
Pushpin Label:MKKJ
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jamaica
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-F:3,425
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: AAJ,[1] DAFIF[2]

Ken Jones Aerodrome is an airport located 10km (10miles) 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.

Ken Jones Aerodrome handled approximately 8,546 passengers in 2001.[3] The airport formerly had scheduled passenger service provided by Air Jamaica Express.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 20feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3425x. There are no fueling facilities and the airport has no night flight operations.

Airlines and destinations

There are no scheduled services to the aerodrome.

Passengers

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

References

  1. Web site: Ken Jones Aerodrome . Airports Authority of Jamaica . 22 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050142/http://www.airportsauthorityjamaica.aero/ourairports/index.php#kenjones . 15 August 2018 . dead .
  2. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. Web site: Domestic Aerodromes (Eastern Region) . Airports Authority of Jamaica . https://web.archive.org/web/20070503012440/http://www.manley-airport.com.jm/domestic.htm . 3 May 2007.