NMIA runway to be temporarily closed tonight

The operators of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston have advised that the runway at the facility will be temporarily closed this evening to facilitate a critical element of the airport's Runway End Safety Area (RESA) Implementation Project and an electrical upgrade project.

PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL), says the runway will be closed from 7 p.m. today, until 4 a.m. tomorrow to allow for the relocation of the Runway 12 threshold and the installation of switchgear redundancy. It says the closure will take place after final flight operations.

It adds that there are no flights scheduled during this maintenance window and passenger travel will not be impacted.

However, airport users and the surrounding community may observe increased activity on airport grounds associated with the RESA project.

PACKAL says normal airport operations will resume following the completion of this work.

The runway work is part of PACKAL's ongoing $11.5 billion project to extend the runway for implementation of the RESA.

The RESA project which is part of the wider NMIA transformation programme currently under way at the airport, will extend the runway by 300 meters, providing additional safety areas at both ends and creating safer spaces for aircraft operations and emergency protocols.

The project represents the single largest investment in the airport's safety infrastructure and is expected to be completed by July 2027.

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