Trent Lott International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Trent Lott International Airport


IATA = PGL
ICAO = KPQL
FAA = PQL
type = Public
owner = Jackson County
operator =
city-served = Pascagoula, Mississippi
location =
elevation-f = 17
elevation-m = 5
coordinates = coord|30|27|46|N|088|31|45|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/ds/Airport.html www.co.jackson.ms.us/...]
r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 6,500
r1-length-m = 1,981
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 50,205
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 53
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=PQL|use=PU|own=PU|site=11379.01*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Trent Lott International Airport airport codes|PGL|KPQL|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. 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. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KPQL Great Circle Mapper: KPQL / PGL - Pascagoula, Mississippi (Trent Lott International Airport)] ] PGL was formerly assigned to Jackson County Airport in Pascagoula which closed sometime between 1982 and 1989. [ [http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/MS/Airfields_MS_S.htm#pascagoula2 Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Jackson County Airport (PGL)] ] [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=PGL Aviation Safety Network: Jackson County Airport (PGL)] ]

DayJet provided an on-demand jet air taxi service from this airport to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery. This service ended in September 2008.

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).

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.

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

References

External links

* [http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/ds/Airport.html Trent Lott International Airport] page at Jackson County website
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