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Facts & Statistics

FACTS & STATISTICS

  • Sangster International Airport (SIA) is the largest of three international airports in Jamaica and is ideally located in the heart of the primary tourism destination region.
  • Approximately 95% of the total passengers at SIA are passengers traveling internationally.
  • Of the approximately 1.7 million annual visitors to Jamaica, 72% use SIA as their primary airport.
  • Peak arriving and departing capacity is 4,200 passengers per hour.

RUNWAY INFORMATION

The Sangster International Airport has one runway strip (07/25) with an overall length of 2653M and a width of 46M.  The runway surface type is asphalt concrete and can accommodate up to code E aircraft.

An Instrument Landing System (ILS) is fitted on the primary approach (07), which also has a lighting system to accommodate night operations.

Runway Strip - 07/25
70°47’M/250°47’M
2,653M x 46

Runway End Safety Area (RESA) 
100mx150m (Runway 07)
90mx92m (Runway 25)

Runway Coordinates
Threshold Runway 07 - 182958.2N  0775522.7W
Threshold Runway 25 - 183036.7N  0775354.3W

Runway Lighting
MBJ is equipped in accordance with ICAO Annex 14 standards

Peak Operating Hours
Peak hours -1600z-2000z  (11:00 am)- (3:00 pm)
Curfew hrs- 0500z-1100z ( 12:00 am-6:00 am)

Navigational Aids
ILS equipped (07)
115.700MHz/248KHz
109.500 MHz

Type Aids
VOR/DME - 115.700 MHz
ILS LOC - 109.500 MHz

TORA, TODA, ASDA & LDA
Declared Distances

Type DistanceRunway 07Runway 25
Runway Length 2940M 2940M
Take-off run available TORA 3060M* 2940M
Take off distance available TODA 3120M* 3000M
Accelerate-stop distance available ASDA 3060M* 2940M
Landing distance available LDA 2848M 2940M
*Includes a runway starter extension of 120 x 46 m.

*THR 07 displaced from runway end by 91.8M

*THR 07 displaced from runway starter extension by 211.8m 

  2026 2025 Variance
Jan 288,022 459,679 -37.34%
Feb 277,207 403,220 -31.25%
Mar 362,477 486,047 -25.42%
Apr 338,593 433,743 -21.94%
May   396,944  
Jun   439,955  
Jul   512,190  
Aug   448,827  
Sep   287,513  
Oct   261,110  
Nov   100,357  
Dec   265,785  
YTD 1,266,299 1,782,689 -28.97%
Total 1,266,299 4,495,370  
  2026 2025 Variance
Jan 132,190 215,246 -38.59%
Feb 138,876 198,591 -30.07%
Mar 177,950 237,278 -25.00%
Apr 161,186 209,167 -22.94%
May   192,636  
Jun   222,740  
Jul   249,588  
Aug   218,023  
Sep   140,943  
Oct   128,442  
Nov   50,484  
Dec   154,602  
YTD 610,202 860,282 -29.07%
Total 610,202 2,217,740  
  2026 2025 Variance
Jan 151,664 239,709 -36.73%
Feb 135,084 200,572 -32.65%
Mar 179,835 244,461 -26.44%
Apr 173,885 220,511 -21.14%
May   202,292  
Jun   215,756  
Jul   260,519  
Aug   228,900  
Sep   144,382  
Oct   131,073  
Nov   48,678  
Dec   107,305  
YTD 640,468 905,253 -29.25%
Total 640,468 2,244,158  
  2026 2025 Variance
Jan 2,477 4,010 -38.23%
Feb 2,312 3,463 -33.24%
Mar 2,878 4,007 -28.18%
Apr 2,703 3,554 -23.94%
May   3,108  
Jun   3,387  
Jul   3,799  
Aug   3,236  
Sep   2,323  
Oct   2,165  
Nov   1,846  
Dec   2,630  
YTD 10,370 15,034 -31.02%
Total 10,370 37,528  

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