Pensacola Regional Airport

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Pensacola Regional Airport
IATA: PNS – ICAO: KPNS – FAA: PNS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Pensacola
Serves		Pensacola, Florida
Elevation AMSL		121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates		30°28′24″N 087°11′12″W / 30.47333, -87.18667
Website		www.flypensacola.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	7,000	2,134	Asphalt
17/35	7,004	2,135	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			111,399
Based aircraft			82
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Pensacola Regional Airport (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS, FAA LID: PNS) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Pensacola in Escambia County, Florida.

1 Facilities
2 Terminal
3 Future Service and Terminal Expansion
4 Airlines
5 Incidents
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Facilities

Pensacola Regional Airport covers 1,211 acres (490 ha) 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 Runway 17 approach is equipped with a full instrument landing system and approach light system, while the Runway 26 approach is equipped with a localizer approach. A 1,000 ft. extension to the east end of Runway 8/26 was completed in 2006. The airport hopes to extend Runway 17/35 to about 8,500 ft. in the future, to better accommodate heavy aircraft.

Runway 17/35 was originally designated 16/34, and Runway 8/26 was designated 7/25. A gradual shift in magnetic north necessitated their re-designation during the 1980s. The airport's two war-era diagonal runways were decommissioned in the 1960s.

[edit] Terminal

Pensacola has one passenger terminal consisting of 12 gates. Gates 9-12 are on the lower level and used for commuter flights.

[edit] Future Service and Terminal Expansion

Southwest Airlines has expressed some interest in serving PNS. It is rumored that Southwest Airlines may add service in 3+ years. No timetable has been set. With the new terminal expansion taking place at PNS, 3 new gates will be constructed, allowing for the room Southwest Airlines would need. Also increased ticketing area space, and an expanded security area will also be constructed.

Terminal Expansion [1]

Southwest Airlines Rumors [2]

[edit] Airlines

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

AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
American Airlines
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Tampa)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
DayJet (44 airports nonstop per seat in 5 states - Jacksonville, Hilton Head, Orlando International, Savannah, Key West etc... / executive aircraft charter elsewhere)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa)
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)
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Charlotte)

[edit] Incidents

On May 8, 1978 National Airlines Flight 193 landed in Escambia Bay while approaching the east-west runway, due primarily but not entirely to pilot error.

On Dec 27, 1987, at 11:39pm Eastern Airlines DC-9-31 N9848E made a hard landing and split its fuselage open just aft of its wing root.

On July 6, 1996, Delta Air Lines flight 1288, an MD-88, experienced an uncontained engine failure during takeoff on Runway 17. Fragments from the number one (left) Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 turbofan engine penetrated the fuselage, killing two and seriously injuring one of the 148 people onboard.