Pensacola International
PNS · KPNS · Pensacola, Florida · Escambia County · map
Pensacola International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pensacola, 3 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida, 121 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 7,004 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 131 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 152,622 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,507,971 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Pensacola International?
Its FAA code is PNS, and its ICAO code is KPNS.
Where is Pensacola International?
It is 3 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida, 121 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Pensacola International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 7,004 feet long.
Does Pensacola International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Pensacola International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Pensacola International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Miami International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Pensacola International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Skywarrior Flight Training LLC and Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Pensacola International?
7 pilot examiners and 15 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 Pensacola International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PNS · ICAO KPNS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pensacola
- Elevation
- 121 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 5:30 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,004 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), power line 86 ft high 4,390 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 1,365 ft from the end
- Runway 26: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 43 ft high 1,690 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.9 | Pensacola |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pns and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.25 | Pensacola |
| Clearance delivery | 123.725 | Pensacola |
| Ground | 121.9 | Pensacola |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 251 to 339 | 118.6 | Pensacola |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 340 to 159 | 119.0 | Pensacola |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 124.05 | Pensacola |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 132.1 | Pensacola |
| Departure | 125.35 | Pensacola |
| Class C airspace arriving from headings 160 to 250 | 120.65 | Pensacola |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Pensacola |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 850-436-4799.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Roscoe Field (10 nm southwest), Peter Prince Field (14 nm northeast), Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Field (27 nm southwest).
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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17; tdz runway 17; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35, 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Flight ntfn service (adcus) available.
- Ovhd 1500 feet.
- Fdot avn ofc statewide pcr dvlpmt program september 2024.
- 405 feet trees R of centerline 200 feet bfr aer.
- Preferred departure runway.
- Black hole illusion exists durg night approach.
- 4275 feet tower 900 feet L EL 204.
- Tbjt with maximum takeoff WT ovr 75000 pounds exct standard noise abatement departure profile iaw FAA AC 91-53.
- Fixed wing VFR departure procd to airport bdry bfr turning unless drctd by air traffic control.
- Taxiway C south of runway 8/26, C1, C2, taxiway D east of runway 17/35, D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5 are 35 feet wide; closed to aircraft with a wingspan more than 79 feet.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 16,434 departures from PNS in those twelve months, carrying 1,534,069 passengers in 1,942,934 seats (79% filled), to 70 destinations (2 abroad) on 22 airlines.
All 70 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 | 106 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 15 |
| helicopters | 3 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 152,622, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 26,525 |
| air taxi and commuter | 8,998 |
| general aviation, travelling | 60,953 |
| general aviation, local | 38,014 |
| military | 18,132 |
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 Pensacola from the FAA register
507 aircraft are registered to owners in Pensacola, Florida: 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins, 10 turboprops, 8 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
Fuel and service companies in Pensacola, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC Lee Flight Services is an aircraft rental operator based at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · Pensacola
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · Pensacola
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · Pensacola X-C Soaring Association is a flying club located in Walnut Hill, Florida that offers glider flying and flight instruction to members of all ages and experience levels.
Charter operators and airlines based in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital USA LLC
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC
- Skywarrior Avionics INC
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC
- Veracity Technology Solutions
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
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Dennis Allan Sherwood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola Air · Pensacola, FL (0 nm) · (262) 914-1915 · [email protected]
- Douglas Dobson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola, FL (0 nm) · (850) 529-2727 · [email protected]
- Joseph Francis Cerwin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola, FL (0 nm) · (850) 512-2159 · [email protected]
- Lamar Anthony Childs instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Pensacola, FL (0 nm) · (850) 602-3319 · [email protected]
- Rogers Alden Porter instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · PENSACOLA AVIATION CENTER · Pensacola, FL (0 nm) · (850) 582-2459 · [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 · Pray Aviation · Milton, FL (14 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
- Anthony Cresswell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Anthony Aviation LLC. - DPE Office3 · Destin, FL (37 nm) · (203) 631-9694 · [email protected]
All 41 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-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 23 since 1982, 6 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 Pensacola 507 aircraft · 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins
- Brown Helicopter INC 195 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 34 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training INC 25 aircraft in town
- Vero Technical Support INC 14 aircraft in town
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · flight school
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Aerocapital USA LLC · repair station
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC · repair station
- Skywarrior Avionics INC · repair station
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,776 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,849 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,666 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,519 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, United Air Lines Inc.
- Miami International (MIA) 1,282 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, United Parcel Service
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1,023 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Nashville International (BNA) 957 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 707 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Envoy Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 23 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 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 21,709 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PNS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.