Pensacola International Airport

Pensacola International Airport (KPNS) sits 4 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida, on the Gulf coast. The two runways (7,002 ft, 7,005 ft) handle every current business jet. Field elevation 121 ft, no density-altitude concerns. Pensacola is the structural western Florida Panhandle gateway — NAS Pensacola (Blue Angels home base), plus the broader Pensacola Beach / Perdido Key beach corridor. Ground time to Pensacola Beach is 20 minutes; downtown Pensacola is 10.

Pensacola International Airport, formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Pensacola Regional Airport, and temporarily branded Pensacola Intergalactic Airport each February in recognition of the local Pensacon convention, is a public use airport three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Pensacola. This airport is one of five major airports in North Florida, and among these is the second largest by passenger count, only behind Jacksonville. The other four airports in North Florida are: Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Tallahassee International Airport, and Jacksonville International Airport. Pensacola international airport is the largest airport per passenger count between Jacksonville and New Orleans.