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 AdministrationFAA-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: Asphalt

The Runway 17 approach is equipped with a full instrument landing system and approach light system, while the Runway 26 approach is equipped with a localizer 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 by Gulfstream International Airlines (Tampa)
** Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
** Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
* Delta Air Lines Gates 2 and 4 (Atlanta)
** Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
* Northwest Airlines Gate 8
** Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Memphis)
* US Airways Gate 7
** US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
** US Airways Express operated by Republic 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.flypensacola.com Pensacola Regional Airport] , official site
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*US-airport|PNS