Pensacola International Airport

Pensacola Regional Airport prior to 2007-2009 expansion

Pensacola Regional Airport (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS) is a regional public airport located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Downtown Pensacola. The airport is owned by the City of Pensacola, and is located wholly within the city limits, east of 12th Avenue/Tippin Avenue and north of Summit Boulevard.

According to the Airport's web site, Pensacola Regional Airport is the "fastest growing airport between New Orleans and Jacksonville". Tha airport served 1.5 million passengers in 2004.

Facilities

Pensacola Regional Airport covers 1,211 acres and has two runways:

• Runway 17/35: 7,004 x 150 ft. (2,135 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 8/26: 6,999 x 150 ft. (1,828 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

The airport terminal currently has 12 gates.

Airlines

The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola Regional Airport:

• AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
• American Airlines
  • American Eagle Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
• Continental Airlines
  • Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Tampa)
  • Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
  • Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa)
  • Delta Connection operated by Comair (Jacksonville, ends April 2, 2007)
  • Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando, Fort Lauderdale)
• Northwest Airlines
  • Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Memphis)
• US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Charlotte)
  • US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)

DCA service proposal

US Airways has proposed to begin service from Pensacola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. using slot exemptions abandoned by Spirit Airlines.[1]

Airport personnel

Frank Miller serves as the Airport Director. Law enforcement within the airport grounds is operated by Pensacola Airport Police.

Incidents

On May 8, 1978 National Airlines Flight 193 landed in Escambia Bay due to pilot error.

On July 6, 1996, Delta Air Lines flight 1288, an MD-88, experienced an uncontained engine failure during takeoff. Fragments from the number one (left) Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 turbofan engine penetrated the fuselage, killing two and seriously injuring one of the 148 people on board.

External links

• Pensacola Regional Airport (official site)