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″N076°49′26″W / 17.98861°N 76.82389°W / 17.98861; -76.82389
Map
MKTP Location in Jamaica
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 4,300 1,311 Asphalt
Sources: AAJ, [1] DAFIF [2] [3]

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

1. "Tinson Pen Aerodrome". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
2. Airport information for MKTP ^{[ usurped ]} from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
3. Airport information for KTP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
4. "Domestic Aerodromes (Eastern Region)". Airports Authority of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007.

External links

• Accident history for KTP at Aviation Safety Network