| Ewarton Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ewarton, Jamaica | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 600 ft / 183 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°10′25″N77°04′10″W / 18.17361°N 77.06944°W Coordinates: 18°10′25″N77°04′10″W / 18.17361°N 77.06944°W | ||||||||||
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  Ewarton Airstrip Location of the airport in Jamaica | |||||||||||
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Ewarton Airstrip is an airstrip serving the town of Ewarton and the WINDALCO bauxite mine in the Saint Catherine Parish of Jamaica.
Ewarton is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite and haematite, the aluminium clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeO.TiO2).
St Catherine is a parish in the south east of Jamaica. It is located in the county of Middlesex, and is one of the island's largest and most economically valued parishes because of its many resources. It includes the first capital of Jamaica, Spanish Town, originally known as San Jago de la Vega or Santiago de la Vega.
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There is distant rising terrain to the northwest.
The Manley VOR/DME (Ident: MLY) is located 22.1 nautical miles (40.9 km) southeast of the runway. [3]
VOR/DME refers to combined radio navigation station for aircraft, which consists of two radio beacons, placed together, a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and distance measuring equipment (DME). VOR produces an angle between the station and the receiver in the aircraft, while DME does the same for range. Together, they provide the two measurements needed to produce a navigational "fix" using a chart.
