Northwest Florida Beaches International
ECP · KECP · Panama City, Florida · Bay County · map
Northwest Florida Beaches International is a public-use airport owned by Panama City-Bay CO Arpt & Indst Dis, 16 miles northwest of Panama City, Florida, 69 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 111 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 3 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 82,020 takeoffs and landings a year. About 910,933 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Northwest Florida Beaches International?
Its FAA code is ECP, and its ICAO code is KECP.
Where is Northwest Florida Beaches International?
It is 16 miles northwest of Panama City, Florida, 69 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Northwest Florida Beaches International?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 10,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Northwest Florida Beaches International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Northwest Florida Beaches International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Northwest Florida Beaches International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Nashville International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Northwest Florida Beaches International?
4 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Northwest Florida Beaches International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ECP · ICAO KECP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Panama City-Bay CO Arpt & Indst Dis
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 39 ft high 2,180 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 2,660 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.95 | Panama City |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ecp and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.975 | Panama City |
| Clearance delivery | 123.75 | Panama City |
| Ground | 121.65 | Panama City |
| Approach and departure Above 5000 feet | 125.2 | Panama City |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Panama City |
| Panama City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.825 | Panama City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 850-235-7857.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Defuniak Springs Airport (29 nm northwest), Tri-County (31 nm north), Destin Executive (35 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16; runway end identifier lights runway 34; tdz runway 16; cntln runway 16/34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 11,027 departures from ECP in those twelve months, carrying 984,577 passengers in 1,243,861 seats (79% filled), to 60 destinations (2 abroad) on 16 airlines.
All 60 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 76 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 26 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 82,020, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 17,711 |
| air taxi and commuter | 8,345 |
| general aviation, travelling | 35,074 |
| general aviation, local | 14,370 |
| military | 6,520 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Panama City from the FAA register
120 aircraft are registered to owners in Panama City, Florida: 72 piston singles, 34 helicopters, 6 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 3 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Panama City:
- Coastal Helicopters, Inc 13 aircraft on the certificate Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- COASTAL Air Service, INC. 4 aircraft on the certificate Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- Coastal Helicopters, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- Coastal Helicopters, Incorporated 2 aircraft on the certificate Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- Coastal Air Service, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
Repair stations in Panama City:
- Coastal Helicopters INC Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- Stark Avionics
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 2 training center examiners.
- Michele Lea Keilman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Panama City Beaches International Airport · Panama City, FL (0 nm) · (813) 417-8910 · [email protected]
- Russell Hardage private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Freeport, FL (18 nm) · (850) 830-7842 · [email protected]
- Anthony Cresswell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Anthony Aviation LLC. - DPE Office3 · Destin, FL (35 nm) · (203) 631-9694 · [email protected]
- Robert Burnet private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Niceville, FL (35 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
All 25 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Panama City 120 aircraft · 72 piston singles, 34 helicopters, 6 piston twins
- Coastal Helicopters INC 20 aircraft in town
- Coastal Air Service INC 9 aircraft in town
- Panama City Cycles INC 2 aircraft in town
- Heli-Tech INC 2 aircraft in town
- Coastal Helicopters, Inc 13 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- COASTAL Air Service, INC. 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Coastal Helicopters, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Coastal Helicopters, Incorporated 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Coastal Helicopters INC · repair station
- Stark Avionics · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,396 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,278 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Mesa Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,243 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,098 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Nashville International (BNA) 1,079 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 682 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 625 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 601 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Envoy Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ECP.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.