Pensacola International Airport
International airport in Pensacola, Florida, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pensacola International Airport[2] (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS, FAA LID: PNS), formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Pensacola Regional Airport (Hagler Field), and temporarily branded Pensacola Intergalactic Airport each February in recognition of the local Pensacon convention, is a public use airport three nautical miles (6 km; 3 mi) northeast of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Pensacola.[1] Despite its name, the airport does not offer scheduled international flights, though chartered international flights are not uncommon. This airport is one of the five major airports in North Florida, and among these is the second largest by passenger count, only behind Jacksonville. The other airports in the North Florida region are: Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Tallahassee International Airport, and Jacksonville International Airport.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Pensacola | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 121 ft / 37 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°28′24″N 087°11′12″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.FlyPensacola.com | ||||||||||||||
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It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility.[3] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 771,917 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 694,786 enplanements in 2009, and 729,748 in 2010.[5] In 2018, the airport served 1.9 million passengers.[6]