JAN

Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport

ICAO KJAN32.3112°N 90.0759°W346 ft / 106 mMedium airport
On the map
Jackson-Evers International Airport in July 2005
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Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (IATA: JAN, ICAO: KJAN) is a medium airport in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It opened in 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,500 ft (2,591 m). In 2025 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1963–1963
1963
OpenedJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Jackson-Evers International Airport TerminalJackson Air CharterTrace AviationAtlantic Aviation JAN
16L/34R158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH8,500 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
16R/34L158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH8,500 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.1M
1000K
987K
924K
978K
1.1M
428K
967K
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.2M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

6 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 4Delta Connection 1United Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JAN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#749of 3,974 · #184 North America · #128 USLongest runway8,500 ft2,591 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,148of 29,823 · =468 North America · =346 USElevation346 ft106 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,188of 43,341 · =14,061 North America · =11,834 USAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =3,512 North America · =3,434 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DAPP/DEP123.900
ATISATIS121.050
CTAFCTAF120.900
GNDGND121.700
POSTANG COMD POST26.460
RDOGREENWOOD RDO122.200
TWRTWR120.900
UNICUNICOM122.950