Pensacola Regional Airport Totally Explained

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Pensacola Regional Airport is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Pensacola in Escambia County, Florida.

Facilities

Pensacola Regional Airport covers 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.

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.

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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)

DayJet (44 airports nonstop per seat in 5 states - Jacksonville, Hilton Head, Orlando International, Savannah, Key West etc... / executive aircraft charter elsewhere)

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)
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.

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