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Pensacola International Airport

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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]].
==History==[[Image:Hagler1940.PNG|thumb|right|Hagler Field in 1940]]In [[1933]], [[Lee Conner Hagler]] and [[Harry Blanchard]] purchased 504 acres of wooded land northeast of the city. The two cleared space for two grass airstrips and erected a surplus Navy hangar. On [[April 7]], [[1934]] the first commercial flight landed in Pensacola — a 14-passenger tri-motor Stinson from Atlantic and Gulf Coast Airlines. In [[1935]], the [[City of Pensacola]] took over the airfield and through the Works Progress Administration developed it into a permanent municipal airport. Regular commercial service began in November [[1938]]. The Navy took over command of the airport from [[1942]]-[[1945]], although civilian air service continued. The Navy constructed two new airfields and lengthened the existing two. A terminal and control tower were built in the 1950s. The first commercial jet plane — an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 — landed at Pensacola's airport on [[August 25]], [[1965]]. == 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
The airport terminal currently has 12 gates.
== Airlines ==
The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola Regional Airport:
* AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
** 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.[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=196799&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=957103&highlight=]
==Airport personnel==
==Rebranding==
Previously known as '''Pensacola Regional Airport''', the airport changed rebranded itself in [[2008]] as '''Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport''' in [[2008]] in an attempt to position itself as the premier airport destination "serving [[Mobile]], [[Gulf Shores]], [[Pensacola]], [[Fort Walton Beach|Fort Walton]], and [[Destin]]."
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