Sangster International Airport

Sangster International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMBJ Airports Limited
ServesMontego Bay, Jamaica
Elevation AMSL4 ft / 1 m
Coordinates18°30′13″N 77°54′48″W / 18.50361°N 77.91333°W / 18.50361; -77.91333
Websitembjairport.com
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MKJS is located in Jamaica
MKJS
MKJS
Location in Jamaica
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,060 10,039 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers5,267,823
Aircraft operations44,482
Source: Sangster International Airport[1]

Sangster International Airport (IATA: MBJ, ICAO: MKJS) is an international airport located 3 mi (4.8 km) east of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The airport is capable of handling nine million passengers per year. It serves as the most popular airport for tourists visiting the north coast of Jamaica. The airport is named after former Jamaican Prime Minister Sir Donald Sangster.

The airport is run by the management company, MBJ Airports Limited, whose leading stakeholder is Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, and minority-owned by Vantage Airport Group.[2] Sangster was privatised and turned over by Airports Authority of Jamaica to the consortium in 2003.[3] A 2021 study found that Sangster International Airport was one of the top 20 most vulnerable international airports to climate change-caused sea level rise.[4]

  1. ^ "Facts & Statistics - Montego Bay Jamaica Airport". MBJ Airports Limited. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Workers 'followed procedures' in allowing hijacker on plane". Toronto Star. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Sangster International Airport privatised". Jamaica Gleaner. 22 April 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ Yesudian, Aaron N.; Dawson, Richard J. (1 January 2021). "Global analysis of sea level rise risk to airports". Climate Risk Management. 31: 100266. Bibcode:2021CliRM..3100266Y. doi:10.1016/j.crm.2020.100266. ISSN 2212-0963. S2CID 233747386.