| Pensacola International Airport | |||
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| IATA: PNS – ICAO: KPNS – FAA LID: PNS
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Pensacola | ||
| Serves | Pensacola, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 121 ft / 37 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8/26 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 7,004 | 2,135 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 101,498 | ||
| Based aircraft | 81 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Pensacola International Airport [2] (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS, FAA LID: PNS) is a public airport located within the city of Pensacola in Escambia County, Florida.
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Pensacola International Airport covers 1,211 acres (490 ha) and has two runways:
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.
Pensacola has one passenger terminal consisting of 12 gates. Gates 9-12 are on the lower level and used for commuter flights.
Gate Assignments:
AirTran: Gate 6
American: Gate 5
Delta: Gates 2, 4, and 8
United: Gate 1, 3 and 11
US Airways: Gate 7
The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirTran Airways | Atlanta |
| American Eagle | Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta |
| Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Atlanta, Memphis |
| United Express operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental, Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by Gulfstream International Airlines | Orlando, Tampa |
| US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin | Washington-National [begins March 25, 2012] |
| US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines | Charlotte |
| US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines | Charlotte |
| US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines | Charlotte [resumes January 16] |
Pensacola mayor Ashton Hawyard announced on November 9, 2011 that the airport would change its name from Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport to Pensacola International Airport effective immediately.[3]
UPS Airlines is the only cargo carrier at the airport currently.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| UPS Airlines | Albany (GA), Birmingham (AL) |
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 December 27, 1987, at 11:39pm Eastern Airlines DC-9-31 N8948E 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.