Jackson Municipal Airport Authority Progresses on Essential Infrastructure Replacement Projects at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport

By LSherie Dean, Director of Communications, Marketing & Public Relations
Jackson Municipal Airport Authority

As it addresses aging infrastructure, JMAA has prioritized replacing equipment such as elevators, escalators and airport terminal HVAC systems.

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) has aggressively worked with key legislators to secure much-needed funding to address aging infrastructure. Replacing critical customer-facing or experience-contributing equipment, such as decades-old elevators, escalators and the airport terminal HVAC systems, has taken priority. These crucial projects are made possible through federal grants, Passenger Facility Charges and JMAA funds.

JMAA has hosted several state legislators on behind-the-scenes tours to get first-hand knowledge of the airport’s critical infrastructure needs. States nationwide participate in capital improvement projects with their airports for significant capital projects through funding vehicles, as airports are well-documented as vital economic engines in the regions they serve.

JMAA remains dedicated to obtaining the funding needed for continued infrastructure improvements at Mississippi’s busiest airport system, which serves nearly six out of every ten travelers arriving and departing all the state’s airports. Over the past few years, passenger activity at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) has surpassed pre-COVID numbers by over 20 percent. JMAA will continue exploring multiple avenues for funding to ensure we can replace essential equipment to deliver a facility and an experience that citizens, visitors and others of central Mississippi deserve when using JAN as their local airport.

JMAA is proud to have an economic impact on the state of Mississippi of nearly $2 billion annually, stimulating hundreds of jobs for Mississippians in various careers: airport, airline, rental car, concessions, safety and security (FAA, TSA, police, fire/rescue), military (Air National Guard, Army National Guard) and emergency services (helicopter and fixed-wing rescue aircraft), among others.