# Sangster International Airport (MBJ / MKJS)

**Sangster International Airport** (IATA: MBJ, ICAO: MKJS) is a large airport in Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, Jamaica. It opened in 1947. It has one runway, 3,060 m (10,039 ft) long, asphalt. In 2023 it handled 5.3 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MBJ / MKJS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, Jamaica
- Opened: 1947
- Elevation: 1 m / 4 ft
- Coordinates: 18.5034, -77.9132
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,060 m / 10,039 ft
- Passengers: 5,267,823 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Jamaica
- Website: https://www.mbjairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangster_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174140
- Weather station: MKJS · WMO 78388
- Ident: MKJS

## Timeline

- 1947: Sangster International Airport opens.
- 21 Jan 1960: Avianca Flight 671. 37 killed.
- 19 Apr 2009: CanJet Flight 918. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,060 m / 10,039 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 066° / 246° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 3,292,296 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 4,284,558 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,633,998 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,800,608 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,952,273 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,284,558 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,537,585 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 4,766,301 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,624,827 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,589,259 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,356,100 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 5,267,823 | Wikidata |

## Routes

54 destinations in 15 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (33)

- [NEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkng.md) Negril Airport · Jamaica · 48 km / 30 mi · International AirLink
- [KIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjp.md) Norman Manley International Airport · Jamaica · 135 km / 84 mi · Liat Air
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 847 km / 526 mi · American Airlines
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 873 km / 542 mi · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines
- [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 1,061 km / 659 mi · Copa Airlines
- [TPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa.md) Tampa International Airport · United States · 1,154 km / 717 mi · Breeze Airways
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,157 km / 719 mi · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines
- [MDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skrg.md) Jose Maria Córdova International Airport · Colombia · 1,398 km / 869 mi · Wingo
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 1,588 km / 987 mi · Wingo
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 1,803 km / 1,120 mi · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 1,882 km / 1,169 mi · American Airlines
- [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · United States · 2,140 km / 1,330 mi · Southwest Airlines
- [HOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khou.md) William P. Hobby Airport · United States · 2,150 km / 1,336 mi · Southwest Airlines
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 2,175 km / 1,351 mi · United Airlines
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 2,226 km / 1,383 mi · Aeroméxico
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 2,273 km / 1,412 mi · United Airlines
- [BWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwi.md) Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · United States · 2,302 km / 1,430 mi · Southwest Airlines
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 2,390 km / 1,485 mi · American Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 2,489 km / 1,547 mi · American Airlines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 2,493 km / 1,549 mi · United Airlines
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 2,493 km / 1,549 mi · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 2,732 km / 1,698 mi · JetBlue Airways
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · United States · 2,752 km / 1,710 mi · Southwest Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 2,776 km / 1,725 mi · United Airlines, American Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 2,804 km / 1,742 mi · WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 3,023 km / 1,878 mi · WestJet, Air Transat
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 3,395 km / 2,110 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 3,494 km / 2,171 mi · United Airlines
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 7,420 km / 4,611 mi · TUI Airways
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 7,456 km / 4,633 mi · TUI Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 7,548 km / 4,690 mi · Virgin Atlantic
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 7,568 km / 4,703 mi · TUI Airways
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 7,898 km / 4,908 mi · TUI fly Netherlands

### Seasonal (25)

- [GCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mwcr.md) Owen Roberts International Airport · Cayman Islands · 373 km / 232 mi · Cayman Airways
- [NAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mynn.md) Lynden Pindling International Airport · Bahamas · 728 km / 452 mi · Bahamasair
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 2,390 km / 1,485 mi · Frontier Airlines
- [STL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstl.md) St. Louis Lambert International Airport · United States · 2,553 km / 1,586 mi · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 2,686 km / 1,669 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 2,732 km / 1,698 mi · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines
- [YXU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxu.md) London International Airport · Canada · 2,744 km / 1,705 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 2,749 km / 1,708 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 2,804 km / 1,742 mi · Porter Airlines, Flair Airlines
- [MCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmci.md) Kansas City International Airport · United States · 2,822 km / 1,754 mi · Southwest Airlines
- [MKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmke.md) General Mitchell International Airport · United States · 2,876 km / 1,787 mi · Sun Country Airlines
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 2,989 km / 1,857 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 3,023 km / 1,878 mi · Air Canada
- [YQB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqb.md) Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · Canada · 3,201 km / 1,989 mi · WestJet
- [YHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhz.md) Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Canada · 3,223 km / 2,003 mi · Air Canada, Air Transat
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 3,258 km / 2,024 mi · Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 3,893 km / 2,419 mi · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 4,812 km / 2,990 mi · WestJet
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 4,934 km / 3,066 mi · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 6,916 km / 4,297 mi · World2Fly
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 7,288 km / 4,529 mi · TUI Airways
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 8,195 km / 5,092 mi · Condor Flugdienst
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 8,243 km / 5,122 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 8,294 km / 5,154 mi · Neos
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 8,464 km / 5,259 mi · Neos

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MBJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- I4 [International AirLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/international-airlink) · 1
- [TimAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/timair)

### Passenger (28)

- WN [Southwest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwest-airlines) · 8
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 7
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 6
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 5
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 5
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 4
- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 4
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 4
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 4 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 4
- TS [Air Transat](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transat) · 3
- RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 2 · seasonal
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 2 · seasonal
- SY [Sun Country Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-country-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- P5 [Wingo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wingo) · 2
- AM [Aeroméxico](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeromexico) · 1
- UP [Bahamasair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bahamasair) · 1 · seasonal
- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 1
- KX [Cayman Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cayman-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1 · seasonal
- CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1
- 5L [Liat Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/liat-air) · 1
- OR [TUI fly Netherlands](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-netherlands) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1
- 2W [World2Fly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/world2fly) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.3M (2023) | #329 of 3,974 | #75 in North America | #1 in JM |
| Longest runway | 3,060 m / 10,039 ft | =979 of 29,858 | #213 in North America | #1 in JM |
| Elevation | 1 m / 4 ft | =43,124 of 43,403 | =19,357 in North America | #17 in JM |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in JM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.750 |
| VOR-DME | Rwy 25 | 115.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [OCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkbs.md) Ian Fleming International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [KTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mktp.md) Tinson Pen Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [KIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjp.md) Norman Manley International Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [POT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkkj.md) Ken Jones Airport · 149 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sangster International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sangster_International_Airport&oldid=1376054497), revision of 21 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs/data