Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District | ||||||||||
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| Location | Bay County, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Opened | May 23, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 69 ft / 21 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°21′30″N 085°47′44″W / 30.35833°N 85.79556°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (IATA: ECP, ICAO: KECP, FAA LID: ECP) is a public airport 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Panama City, Florida, United States,[2] in Bay County.[2] The airport is owned by the Panama City-Bay County Airport & Industrial District,[2] and is north of Panama City Beach, near West Bay. It replaced Panama City–Bay County International Airport (Fannin Field, PFN), which was located in Panama City.
The airport opened for commercial flights on May 23, 2010, and is the first international airport in the United States designed and built since the September 11 attacks. The airport currently has no scheduled international flights, due to the small population in the surrounding areas and the fact that the demand for visitation to Panama City is mostly regional and/or national. The airport authority originally decided to name it Northwest Florida–Panama City International Airport, but airlines and the general public asked the airport authority to use a more regional name.[4][5]
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (ECP: NW Florida Beaches Int)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for ECP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 25, 2024.
- ^ "ECP Airport Statistics for 2023" (PDF). Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ Kelly, Pat (October 8, 2009). "New airport gets new name, to chagrin of some". The News Herald (Panama City, Florida).
- ^ Kelly, Pat (November 11, 2009). "Airport lands on another name: Officials vote 3-2 to change to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport". The News Herald (Panama City, Florida).