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:''NMIA redirects here. For the proposed airport in Mumbai, see Navi Mumbai International Airport.'' Norman Manley International Airport , formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica. As well as Sangster International Airport, it is a hub for Air Jamaica (now a subsidiary of Caribbean Airlines). It was named in honour of Jamaican statesman Norman Manley. There are over 130 international flights a week that depart from Norman Manley International Airport.〔(Norman Manley International Airport: Development Programme )〕 The airport is located on the Palisadoes tombolo in outer Kingston Harbour; it fronts the city on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. ==History== Jamaica has always had a vibrant civil aviation industry with the first flight reported in the island on 21 December 1911. This is eight years after the world recorded its first powered flight by the Wright Brothers. Nineteen years later, on 3 December 1930, the first commercial flight, Pan American consolidated Commodore, a twin-engined flying boat, landed in the Kingston Harbour. The year 1934 was also another historic period for the nation's aviation industry when Dr. Albert Forsythe and Charles C. Anderson (the godfathers of African American aviation) arrived in Jamaica from Cuba. This was the first time a land plane was arriving in the island by air. The significant growth in the aviation sector led to the establishment of the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) in 1947. One year later, in 1948, the Kingston Air Traffic Control Centre (KATCC) was established. In the same year the Palisadoes Airport (now Norman Manley International) and the Montego Bay Airport now Sangster International Airport were established. The airport features in the first James Bond movie, ''Dr No'' (1962). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Manley International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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