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'''Pensacola International Airport''' ([[Wikipedia:International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA]]: '''PNS''', [[Wikipedia:International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: '''KPNS'''), historically known as '''Hagler Field''', 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]]. | '''Pensacola International Airport''' ([[Wikipedia:International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA]]: '''PNS''', [[Wikipedia:International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: '''KPNS'''), historically known as '''Hagler Field''', 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 | + | 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]]. |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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The airport terminal currently has 12 gates. | The airport terminal currently has 12 gates. | ||
− | == | + | ==Future Air Serivce== |
− | + | US Airways Express will begin service to Washington Reagan National Airport on March 25, 2012. Southwest Airlines announced it will begin service from Pensacola, but it has yet to announce to which cities it will fly to. | |
− | + | ==Airlines== | |
− | + | The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola Regional Airport: | |
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− | The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola | ||
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* American Airlines | * American Airlines | ||
− | * | + | ** American Eagle Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami) |
− | + | * Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) | |
− | * American Eagle | + | ** Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Atlanta) |
− | + | ** Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Memphis) | |
− | + | * Southwest Airlines operated by AirTran Airways (Atlanta) | |
− | * Delta Air Lines | + | * United Airlines |
− | ** Atlanta | + | ** United Express operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Orlando, Tampa) |
− | ** | + | ** United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Houston Intercontinental, Washington Dulles) |
− | * | + | * US Airways |
− | * | + | ** US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Washington Reagan National)(begins March 25) |
− | ** | + | ** US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte) |
− | + | ** US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Charlotte) | |
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− | * United Express | ||
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==Cargo Airlines== | ==Cargo Airlines== | ||
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==Airport personnel== | ==Airport personnel== | ||
− | + | [[Melinda C. Crawford]] serves as the interim Airport Director, after the departure of [[Frank Miller]]. Law enforcement within the airport grounds is operated by [[Pensacola Airport Police]]. | |
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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
− | == | + | ==Rebranding== |
− | Previously known as '''Pensacola Regional Airport''', the airport rebranded itself in [[2008]] as '''Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport''' | + | Previously known as '''Pensacola Regional Airport''', the airport 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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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
− | * [http://www.flypensacola.com/ Pensacola | + | * [http://www.flypensacola.com/ Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport] (official site) |
==References== | ==References== |