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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]].
According to the Airport's web site, Pensacola Regional International Airport is the "fastest growing airport between New Orleans and Jacksonville". Tha The airport served 1,958,000 passengers from August 2020 to August 2021.5 million passengers in [[2004]] Despite its name, the airport doesn’t offer scheduled international flights, but it does offer chartered international flights.
==History==
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.
==Name ChangesRebrandings==
Previously known as '''Pensacola Regional Airport''', the airport rebranded itself in [[2008]] as '''Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport''', in an attempt to position itself as the premier airport destination "serving [[Mobile]], [[Gulf Shores]], [[Pensacola]], [[Fort Walton Beach|Fort Walton]], and [[Destin]]."
It would later be renamed rebrand itself again to '''Pensacola International Airport''', which is its current name.
==External links==
* [http://www.flypensacola.com/ Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional International Airport] (official site)
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