Trent Lott International Airport

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Trent Lott International Airport
IATA: PGL – ICAO: KPQL – FAA: PQL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Jackson County
Serves		Pascagoula, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL		17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates		30°27′46″N 088°31′45″W / 30.46278, -88.52917
Website		www.co.jackson.ms.us/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	6,500	1,981	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			50,205
Based aircraft			53
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Trent Lott International Airport (IATA: PGL, ICAO: KPQL, FAA LID: PQL) is a county-owned public-use airport located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district of Pascagoula, a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.^[1] The airport is named for Trent Lott, the United States Senator from Mississippi.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Trent Lott International Airport is assigned PQL by the FAA and PGL by the IATA.^[2] PGL was formerly assigned to Jackson County Airport in Pascagoula which closed sometime between 1982 and 1989.^[3]^[4]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Trent Lott International Airport covers an area of 906 acres (367 ha) and has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt pavement measuring 6,500 x 100 ft. (1,981 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 50,205 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 87% general aviation, 10% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 13% jet and 6% helicopter.^[1]

The airport offers flight lessons as well as parachuting/skydiving lessons.

Passenger Service:

DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)