PNS

Pensacola International Airport

ICAO KPNS30.4727°N 87.1866°W121 ft / 37 mLarge airport
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Pensacola International Airport (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS) is a large airport in Pensacola, Florida, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,004 ft (2,135 m). In 2025 it handled 3.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1978–1996
08 MAY 1978
DisasterNational Airlines Flight 193.3 killed
06 JUL 1996
DisasterDelta Air Lines Flight 1288.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Main Terminal
17/35167° / 347° · LIT
LENGTH7,004 ft2,135 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
08/26078° / 258° · LIT
LENGTH7,000 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
1.7M
2.0M
2.2M
1.2M
2.4M
2.4M
2.7M
3.1M
3.1M
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Routes

19 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 272 mi / 437 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 329 mi / 530 kmMEM · Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 355 mi / 571 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 381 mi / 613 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 488 mi / 785 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 488 mi / 786 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 525 mi / 845 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 530 mi / 853 kmXNA · Northwest Arkansas National Airport · 574 mi / 924 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 603 mi / 970 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 612 mi / 985 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 796 mi / 1,281 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 816 mi / 1,313 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 1,030 mi / 1,658 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,178 mi / 1,896 kmMSL · Northwest Alabama Regional Airport · 296 mi / 477 kmCGI · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · 486 mi / 782 kmSAT · San Antonio International Airport · 678 mi / 1,091 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 935 mi / 1,504 kmDENLGAPHLDCAORDSATRDUDFWXNAMIACLTIAHCGIMCOMEMMSLATLTPAFLLPNS
Year-round15
ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines437 km272 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways530 km329 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways571 km355 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Breeze Airways613 km381 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines785 km488 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines786 km488 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways845 km525 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle853 km530 miXNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways924 km574 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines970 km603 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways985 km612 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,281 km796 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,313 km816 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,658 km1,030 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,896 km1,178 mi
Most destinationsBreeze Airways 7American Eagle 7American Airlines 4United Airlines 3Frontier Airlines 2Contour Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PNS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Pensacola International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#460of 3,974 · #111 North America · #87 USLongest runway7,004 ft2,135 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,453of 29,823 · =801 North America · =603 USElevation121 ft37 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,099of 43,341 · =16,401 North America · =13,746 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.600
ATISATIS121.250
CLDCLNC DEL123.725
CTAFCTAF119.900
GNDGND121.900
RDOGAINESVILLE RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950