- Pensacola Regional Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
IATA = PNS
ICAO = KPNS
FAA = PNS
type = Public
owner = City of Pensacola
operator =
city-served =Pensacola, Florida
location =
elevation-f = 121
elevation-m = 37
coordinates = coord|30|28|24|N|087|11|12|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.flypensacola.com/ www.flypensacola.com]
r1-number = 8/26
r1-length-f = 7,000
r1-length-m = 2,134
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 17/35
r2-length-f = 7,004
r2-length-m = 2,135
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 111,399
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 82
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=PNS|use=PU|own=PU|site=03435.*A, effective 2007-12-20]Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport [ [http://www.flypensacola.com/] ] Airport codes|PNS|KPNS|PNS is a public
airport located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Pensacola in Escambia County,Florida .Facilities
Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport covers convert|1211|acre|ha|0|lk=on 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: AsphaltThe Runway 17 approach is equipped with a full
instrument landing system andapproach light system , while the Runway 26 approach is equipped with alocalizer 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.
Terminal
Pensacola has one passenger terminal consisting of 12 gates. Gates 9-12 are on the lower level and used for commuter flights.
Terminal Expansion
*Terminal Expansion [http://flypensacola.com/upload/images/pdfs/AirExpan2007_new.pdf]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines fly these non-stop flights to Pensacola Regional Airport:
cheduled passenger service
*
AirTran Airways Gate 6 (Atlanta)
*American Airlines Gate 5
** American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
*Continental Airlines Gate 3
**Continental Connection operated byGulfstream International Airlines (Tampa)
**Continental Express operated byExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
** Continental Express operated byChautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
*Delta Air Lines Gates 2 and 4 (Atlanta)
**Delta Connection operated byAtlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
*Northwest Airlines Gate 8
**Northwest Airlink operated byPinnacle Airlines (Memphis)
*US Airways Gate 7
**US Airways Express operated byPSA Airlines (Charlotte)
**US Airways Express operated byRepublic Airlines (Charlotte)Incidents
On
May 8 ,1978 National Airlines Flight 193 landed inEscambia Bay while approaching the east-west runway, due primarily but not entirely to pilot error.On
Dec 27 ,1987 , at 11:39pmEastern 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, anMD-88 , experienced an uncontained engine failure during takeoff on Runway 17. Fragments from the number one (left)Pratt & Whitney JT8D -219turbofan engine penetrated the fuselage, killing two and seriously injuring one of the 148 people onboard.References
External links
* [http://www.flypensacola.com Pensacola Regional Airport] , official site
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*US-airport|PNS
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