Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (IATA: JAN, ICAO: KJAN, FAA LID: JAN) is a city-owned civil-military airport in Jackson, Mississippi, 6 miles (9. 7 km) east of Downtown Jackson, across the Pearl River. It is located in Rankin County, while most of Jackson is in Hinds County. It serves commercial, private, and military aviation. It is named after Medgar Evers, the former Mississippi Field Secretary for the NAACP, and is administered by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA), which also oversees aviation activity at Hawkins Field (HKS) in northwest Jackson. In March 2011, the Jackson Evers International Airport was ranked the 8th-best airport in a worldwide consumer survey conducted by Airports Council International (ACI). It was the only airport in the United States to be ranked in the top ten.
| Official Website: | http://www.jmaa.com/ |
| Wikipedia link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%E2%80%93Medgar_Wiley_Evers_International_Airport |
| Airnav link: | http://airnav.com/airport/KJAN |
| Contact Number: | +1 601-939-5631 |
| Airport Address: | 100 International Dr, Jackson, MS 39208, United States |