Pensacola International Airport

Pensacola International Airport (PNS) is the gateway to Northwest Florida and the largest commercial air service market on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Tampa, welcoming more than three million passengers a year. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Pensacola and runs as a self-sustaining enterprise fund that reinvests its revenue into facilities, services and future development.

Its story began in 1933, when aviation pioneers Lee Conner Hagler and Harry Blanchard bought 504 acres northeast of the city and built an airfield with two grass runways. The first commercial flight landed on April 7, 1934, and in 1935 the City of Pensacola bought the field and made it a municipal airport. By 1938 National Airlines was flying regular scheduled service.

Today PNS covers more than 1,400 acres three miles northeast of downtown Pensacola and supports commercial air service, general aviation, cargo operations and a range of aviation businesses.