Pensacola Regional Airport

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Pensacola Regional Airport
IATA: PNS – ICAO: KPNS – FAA: PNS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Pensacola
Location		Pensacola, Florida
Elevation AMSL		121 ft / 36.8 m
Coordinates		30°28′23.9″N, 87°11′14.8″W
Website		www.flypensacola.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	7,004	2,135	Asphalt
8/26	7,000	2,133	Asphalt

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 External links

Facilities

Pensacola Regional Airport covers 1,211 acres (5 km²) 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

Terminal

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

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]

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)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa)
- Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Atlanta)
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)

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.