Jamaica Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 0 (2020)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

6Y

Airports

total: 28 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 5 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 16 (2021)

Roadways

total: 22,121 km (2011) (includes 44 km of expressways)

paved: 16,148 km (2011)

unpaved: 5,973 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 43

by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 5, general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 27 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point

container port(s) (TEUs): Kingston (1,647,609) (2019)

NOTE: The information regarding Jamaica on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.