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{{Short description|Airport serving Jackson, Mississippi (USA)}}
{{for|the airport in [[Papua New Guinea]]|Jacksons International Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name              = Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport
| image             = Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.png
| image-width       = 250
| IATA              = JAN
| ICAO              = KJAN
| FAA               = JAN
| type              = Public
| owner             = City of Jackson
| operator          = Jackson Municipal Airport Authority
| city-served       = [[Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi|Jackson metropolitan area]]
| location          = [[Jackson, Mississippi]], U.S.<br/>[[Rankin County, Mississippi]], U.S.
| elevation-f       = 346
| elevation-m       = 105
| image_map         = JAN_FAA_Diagram.pdf
| image_mapsize     = 275
| image_map_caption = FAA Airport Diagram as of January 2021
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 10
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| coordinates       = {{coord|32|18|40|N|090|04|33|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| website           = {{url|https://jmaa.com}}
| r1-number         = 16L/34R
| r1-length-f       = 8,500
| r1-length-m       = 2,591
| r1-surface        = Asphalt
| r2-number         = 16R/34L
| r2-length-f       = 8,500
| r2-length-m       = 2,591
| r2-surface        = Asphalt
| stat-year         = 2019
| stat1-header      = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data        = 51,185
| stat2-header      = Based aircraft
| stat2-data        = 36
| footnotes         = Sources:<ref name=Airport>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmaa.com/|title=JMAA - Connecting Jackson to the world, and the world to Jackson|website=jmaa.com}}</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=JAN|use=PU|own=PU|website=11280.*A}}, effective May 15, 2025.</ref>
}}

'''Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport''' {{airport codes|JAN|KJAN|JAN}} is a city-owned civil-military airport located in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], [[Mississippi]], United States,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jacksonms.gov/documents/ward-7-map/|title=Ward 7 Map|publisher=[[Jackson, Mississippi|City of Jackson]]|access-date=2019-11-20}} - indicates the airport property - [https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/jacksonms/uploads/2016/01/ward7-2013_201412041035172108.pdf PDF map]<br>See also: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2836000_jackson/DC20BLK_P2836000.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Jackson city, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-01|page=8 (PDF p. 9/13)|quote=Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Arprt}}</ref> approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of Downtown Jackson across the [[Pearl River (Mississippi-Louisiana)|Pearl River]].<ref name=FAA /> It is located in [[Rankin County, Mississippi|Rankin County]] between the suburbs of [[Flowood, Mississippi|Flowood]] and [[Pearl, Mississippi|Pearl]],<ref name=SimmonsAirporttake>{{cite web|author=Simmons, Scott|url=http://m.wapt.com/news/jackson-leaders-fear-airport-takeover-by-state/37179712|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102071112/http://m.wapt.com/news/jackson-leaders-fear-airport-takeover-by-state/37179712|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-02|title=Jackson leaders fear airport takeover by state|publisher=[[WAPT]]|date=2015-12-29|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref> whereas the majority of the city of Jackson is located in [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]].

It serves commercial, private, and military aviation. It is named after [[Medgar Evers]], the assassinated [[Mississippi]] Field Secretary for the [[NAACP]] during much of the [[Civil rights movement]], and is administered by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA), which also oversees aviation activity at [[Hawkins Field (airport)|Hawkins Field]] (HKS) in northwest Jackson.

In March 2011, the Jackson–Evers [[International Airport]] was ranked the 8th-best airport in a worldwide consumer [[Statistical survey|survey]] conducted by [[Airports Council International]] (ACI). It was the only airport in the United States to be ranked in the top ten.<ref name="World's Best Airports">{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2011 |title="Secret" List of World's Best Airports Revealed |url=https://www.foxnews.com/travel/secret-list-of-worlds-best-airports-revealed |website=Fox News}}</ref>

==History==
Groundbreaking for the new airport occurred on August 17, 1959, beginning construction that was expected to take two years.<ref name="clarion0818">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180068133/ | via = Newspapers.com | last= Brumfield | first = Les | title = Officials Break Ground For City's Jet Airport | work =The Clarion-Ledger | location = Jackson, Mississippi | date = 18 August 1959 | access-date = 27 August 2019}}</ref>  The expansion was expected to cost $6 million ({{inflation|US|6000000|1959|fmt=eq|r=-6}}).<ref name="clarion0818"/>  At the opening ceremony, mayor [[Allen C. Thompson]] got a laugh when he thanked the people who had anything to do with the airport in the past, and "the taxpayers who are going to pay for it" in the future.<ref name="clarion0818"/>   The airport opened in 1963, a new airport to replace Hawkins Field, Jackson's airport since 1928. [[Delta Air Lines]]'s first flight, from [[Dallas Love Field]], landed at Hawkins Field in 1929. The new airport was named [[Allen C. Thompson]] Field (after the Mayor of Jackson at the time, who was instrumental in obtaining the land for the airfield), which remains the name for the land on which the airport is built. The airport was "Jackson Municipal Airport".

Following a decision by the Jackson City Council in December 2004, the airport name was changed to Jackson–Evers International Airport on January 22, 2005.

===Past air service===
[[File:Jackson-Evers International Airport in July 2005.jpg|thumb|right|Looking east from the West Concourse, July 2005]]
[[File:Jackson Intl Airport main departures and ticketing hall Sept 2010.jpg|thumb|Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport departures and ticketing hall]]
[[File:Southwest Airlines 737 at JAN Sept 2010.jpg|thumb|Southwest 737 at Jackson, Sept 2010]]
The first jets scheduled to Jackson were Delta Convair 880s in late 1963, Newark-Birmingham-Jackson-Shreveport-Dallas and back.<ref>Probably started November -- not in the 11/63 OAG and is in the 12/63.</ref>

In 1973 Delta [[Boeing 727]]s flew nonstop to [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham]], [[Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Ft. Worth]], [[Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana)|Monroe]] (LA), [[Montgomery Regional Airport|Montgomery (AL)]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[Meridian Regional Airport|Meridian]] (MS), [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], and [[Shreveport Regional Airport|Shreveport]], which continued for some time afterward.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 1, 1973 |title=Delta Air Lines timetable |url=http://www.departedflights.com/DL030173p36.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, Delta 727s and [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]]s flew nonstop to Atlanta, Dallas/Ft Worth, Memphis, [[Mobile Regional Airport|Mobile]], Monroe, and Shreveport. In October 1991 Delta had nonstop 727s, DC-9s and [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-88]]s to its hubs in Atlanta, [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]], and Dallas/Ft Worth, in addition to [[Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport|Baton Rouge]], Birmingham, Monroe, and Shreveport.<ref name="departedJan85">{{cite web |title=To Jackson, Mississippi (Page 1 of 1) Effective February 15, 1985 |url=http://www.departedflights.com/JAN85p1.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref><ref name="departedJan91">{{cite web |title=To Jackson, Mississippi (Page 1 of 1) Effective October 1, 1991 |url=http://www.departedflights.com/JAN91p1.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref> Delta reduced its flights in the 1990s and 2000s; in 2013 it flew only to Atlanta from Jackson.

In the 1960s [[Southern Airways]] [[Martin 404]]s connected Jackson with [[Natchez–Adams County Airport|Natchez]], Vicksburg, Greenwood, Columbus, Laurel, and New Orleans, but in the next decade Southern replaced these with DC-9s. In the 1970s Southern flew to Memphis, Atlanta, [[Mid Delta Regional Airport|Greenville, Mississippi]] and Mobile, but after it merged with [[North Central Airlines]] in 1979 to form [[Republic Airlines (1979-1986)|Republic Airlines]] it flew only to Memphis and left completely by 1984.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 1979 |title=Southern System Route Map |url=http://www.departedflights.com/SO042979.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 1, 1978 |title=Southern Airways System Timetable |url=http://www.departedflights.com/SO070178p12.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref> In the 1970s Jackson had direct [[Convair 600]]s to [[Houston]]–[[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Intercontinental]], [[Alexandria, Louisiana]], and Baton Rouge on [[Texas International Airlines]].

In 1979 [[Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)|Frontier Airlines]] flew [[Boeing 737]]s direct to [[Clinton National Airport|Little Rock]], with connections to Denver and the rest of the airline's network. [[Royale Airlines]] flew Gulfstream turboprops to Natchez and New Orleans. Between 1984 and 1986, [[Eastern Airlines]] had nonstop 727s to Atlanta and New Orleans; [[United Airlines]] flew 737s to Memphis, a route later taken over by Northwest with [[Saab 340]]s; Northwest also started direct turboprops to [[Hattiesburg–Laurel Regional Airport|Laurel/Hattiesburg]] and later started Jackson–New Orleans. A [[Continental Airlines]] affiliate began turboprop flights to [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], which continued through June 2013 (now part of United, using regional jets). In 1981 [[American Airlines]] began direct flights to Dallas/Ft. Worth, Mobile, and later [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], using MD-83s and Boeing 727s.<ref name="departedJan85" /><ref name="departedJan91" /><ref>{{cite web |title=To Jackson, Mississippi (Page 1 of 1) Effective November 15, 1979 |url=http://www.departedflights.com/JAN79p1.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=To Jackson, Mississippi (Page 1 of 1) Effective April 1, 1981 |url=http://www.departedflights.com/JAN81p1.html |website=Departed Flights}}</ref>

In the early 1990s the airport's name became "Jackson International Airport" since it has facilities for international flights (of which it has none scheduled). It has an office for U.S. Customs to service international arrivals and has established a [[Foreign trade zones of the United States|Foreign Trade Zone]]. The airport saw [[USAir|US Airways]] as a new carrier during this time, gaining nonstop service to [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]] and for a time, to New Orleans. [[Trans World Airlines]] began Trans World Express service to [[Lambert–St. Louis International Airport|St. Louis]] in 1995; this ended the next year.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 19, 2023 |title=1995 - October 29 - TWA Trans World Airlines Timetables, Route Maps and History |url=http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/twa-trans-world-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1995-october-29-twa-trans-world-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/7242 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304215936/http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/twa-trans-world-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1995-october-29-twa-trans-world-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/7242 |archive-date=Mar 4, 2014 |website=airchive.com}}</ref> TWA had DC-9, often DC-9-10, service to STL in 1996. Low-cost [[Valujet]] began DC-9 flights from Jackson to Atlanta in 1994, lasting for two years before it filed for bankruptcy and became [[AirTran Airways]] in 1997. The mid-1990s saw a tightening in the airline industry of the hub-and-spoke system, and many destinations from Jackson were eliminated. American downgraded service in 1995 from Jackson to [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] service only to Dallas/Ft. Worth and Nashville, and later only to DFW, and by 2004 Delta provided service only to Atlanta and Cincinnati, the latter only through subsidiary [[Comair (USA)|Comair]].

In 1997 [[Southwest Airlines]] began service to Jackson from [[Baltimore–Washington International Airport|Baltimore]], [[Chicago Midway International Airport|Chicago–Midway]], [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby]] and [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]]; Southwest flew its last flight from Jackson on June 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ortega|first1=Jennifer|title=Southwest takes final flight from Jackson|url=http://www.wapt.com/news/southwest-takes-final-flight-from-jackson/26386572|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=WAPT News|date=7 June 2014}}</ref> On October 22, 2020, Southwest Airlines announced that it would be returning to Jackson in the first half of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kenney|first=WLBT Digital, David|title=Southwest Airlines returning to Jackson airport in 2021|url=https://www.wlbt.com/2020/10/22/jmaa-announces-southwest-airlines-intent-return-jackson/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=wlbt.com|date=October 23, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:JAN-Aircraft-Movements-per-Year.png|thumb|Aircraft movements per year at JAN (1990-2013, inclusive). Data from FAA.<ref name="Federal Aviation Administration">{{cite web|title=Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS)|url=http://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.asp|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref>]]

===Recent air service===
In 2013, the airport saw 7,520 commercial aircraft (about 20 commercial aircraft per day) and 53,096 aircraft overall.<ref name="Federal Aviation Administration"/>

In 2006, the airport authority received a federal grant (Small Community Air Service Development) to recruit non-stop flight service to [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], in the New York City area. Continental Airlines flights from Jackson to Newark began on September 25, 2007;<ref>{{cite web |title=Continental Airlines to launch non-stop New York flights |author=Merv |date=January 23, 2007 |work=Just the Flight |publisher=Wayfarers World Travel Ltd |url=http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/news/18039927-continental-airlines-to-launch-non-stop-new-york-flights.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ATW Daily News |date=January 23, 2007 |work=ATW |publisher=Penton Media Inc |url=http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=1%2F23%2F2007 }}</ref> the route ended in summer 2008. American Airlines non-stop service between [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]] and Jackson–Evers recently ended,{{when?|date= July 2023}} though the route was resumed by United Airlines in December 2020.

In late 2018, Frontier Airlines started non-stop seasonal service to [[Orlando International Airport]] and [[Denver International Airport]]. They are the only airline to schedule the [[Airbus A320 family]] to Jackson.

The [[172d Airlift Wing]] (172 AW) of the [[Mississippi Air National Guard]] has maintained an [[Air National Guard]] base on the airport since 1963, when it moved from [[Hawkins Field (airport)|Hawkins Field]]. The 172 AW previously operated the [[C-119 Flying Boxcar]], [[C-124 Globemaster]], [[C-130 Hercules]], [[C-141 Starlifter]] and now flies the [[C-17 Globemaster III]].

==Airport operations==
Previously, the city of Jackson, like other Mississippi cities, had control of the airport through the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, controlled by a board with five people. [[Governor of Mississippi]] [[Phil Bryant]] signed Senate Bill 2162 into law in 2016 to give control to a new board of nine people with two appointed by the city government. The Jackson airport board sued on the basis of racial discrimination as the city is majority black; the [[5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]] ruled against the Jackson board in August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bayram, Seyma|url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/sep/16/court-no-voters-right-govern-airport-ok-hide-commu/|title=Court: No Voters' Right to Govern Airport, OK to Hide Communications|work=[[Jackson Free Press]]|date=2019-09-16|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref> People supporting the takeover argued that the municipalities next to the airport should have power over its governance.<ref name=SimmonsAirporttake/>

==Facilities==
The airport is within a non-contiguous portion of the Jackson city limits, and in Rankin County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2836000_jackson/DC20BLK_P2836000.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jackson city, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-05|page=8 (PDF p. 9/13)|quote=Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Arprt}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/county/c28121_rankin/DC20BLK_C28121.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rankin County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-05|page=7 (PDF p. 8/23)|quote=Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Arprt}}</ref>
The airport has an L-shaped terminal, with the ramp extending north. The west concourse, with gates 15–19, extends nearly straight from the central part of the terminal with ticket counters, while the east concourse (gates 1–4) extends north at the other end of the terminal building. In the 1980s, United Airlines operated flights from gate 6, almost directly behind the ticket counters; however, when the airport was renovated in the early 1990s, gate 6 was converted into an observation deck.

The [[Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame]] museum is located at the airport.

The airport covers {{convert|3381|acre|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|346|ft|m}}. It has two [[runway]]s, 16L/34R and 16R/34L, each {{convert|8,500|x|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]].<ref name=FAA /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/JAN/Jackson-Medgar-Wiley-Evers-International-Airport|title=JAN airport data at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com}} FAA data effective May 15, 2025.</ref>

Five new jetways were installed in February 2011: two on the east Concourse (gates 3 and 4) and three on the west Concourse (gates 15, 17, and 19). Recent improvements include a new covered garage for long-term parking.{{When|date=September 2014}}

==Airlines and destinations==
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| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]] |<ref name="AmericanRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]] |<ref name="DeltaRoutes">{{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flight-status/schedule/|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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| [[Delta Connection]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]] |<ref name="DeltaRoutes">{{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flight-status/schedule/|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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| [[Southwest Airlines]] | [[Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport|Baltimore]], [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]]<ref name="WNApril25">{{cite web |title=SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHTS AVAILABLE TO BOOK THROUGH EARLY JUNE 2025 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/southwest-airlines-flights-available-to-book-through-early-june-2025-302258187.html |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]]|<ref>{{cite web |title=Southwest Airlines - Check Flight Schedules |url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/ |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Southwest Airlines - Flight Schedule for Saturdays |url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/ |access-date=June 14, 2022}}</ref>
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| [[United Express]] | [[Houston–Intercontinental]]|<ref name="UnitedRoutes">{{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|access-date=14 June 2022|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128165254/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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=== Cargo ===
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| [[UPS Airlines]] | [[Louisville International Airport|Louisville]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aircargo.ups.com/Media/PDfDocuments/domesticAirports.pdf|title=U.S. Airports Served by State|website=UPS Air Cargo}}</ref>
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==Statistics==
===Top destinations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align=
|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from Jackson-Evers International Airport<br />(August 2024 – July 2025)'''<ref name="Transtats">{{cite web |title=Transtats|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|date=July 2023|access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Airline/s
|-
| 1
| {{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 237,880
| Delta
|-
| 2
| {{Flagicon|Texas}} [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas]]
| 111,380
| American
|-
| 3
| {{Flagicon|Texas}} [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby, Texas]]
| 69,690
| Southwest
|-
| 4
| {{Flagicon|North Carolina}} [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| 67,360
| American
|-
| 5
| {{Flagicon|Texas}} [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental, Texas]]
| 64,180
| United
|-
| 6
| {{Flagicon|Maryland}} [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport|Baltimore, Maryland]]
| 24,540
| Southwest
|-
| 7
| {{Flagicon|Tennessee}} [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 13,750
| Southwest
|-
| 7
| {{Flagicon|Virginia}} [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National, D.C.]]
| 13,520
| American
|-
| 9
| {{Flagicon|Florida}} [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando, Florida]]
| 2,060
| Southwest
|-
|}

===Airline Market Share===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|+ '''Largest Airlines at JAN <br />(August 2024 – July 2025)'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Passenger Traffic Reports {{!}} Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E|access-date=2023-07-06|website=www.transtats.bts.gov}}</ref>
|-
!Rank
!Airline
!Passengers
!Share
|-
|1
| [[Delta Air Lines]]
|361,000
|30.02%
|-
|2
| [[Southwest Airlines]]
|260,000
|21.65%
|-
|3
| [[PSA Airlines]]
|181,000
|15.08%
|-
|4
| [[CommuteAir]]
|125,000
|10.38%
|-
|5
| [[Endeavor Air]]
|75,330
|6.26%
|-
|
| Other Airlines
|200,000
|16.61%
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Mississippi|Aviation}}
* [[List of airports in Mississippi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/airport/ The Takeover of the Jackson Airport] - Article series from the ''[[Jackson Free Press]]''

==External links==
* {{FAA-diagram|05132}}
* {{FAA-procedures|JAN}}
{{US-airport|JAN}}

{{Rankin County, Mississippi}}
{{Jackson, Mississippi}}
{{Authority control}}

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