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North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

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July 30, 2020

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port Unveils New Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion Project

PANA­MA CITY BEACH, Fla. (July 30, 2020) – The North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) unveiled its brand-new Ter­mi­nal expan­sion on Wednes­day with a rib­bon cut­ting cer­e­mo­ny attend­ed by ECP Board Mem­bers, Staff and partners. 

The 7,000-square foot Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion will relo­cate Gates 6 and 7 and ulti­mate­ly pro­vide either ramp load­ing or pas­sen­ger board­ing bridge oppor­tu­ni­ties. Amer­i­can Air­lines will be oper­at­ing at one gate and the oth­er will be uti­lized to accom­mo­date increased future demand. The mul­ti-mil­lion-dol­lar expan­sion fea­tures close to 250 more seats, giv­ing addi­tion­al room for Air­port growth and address­ing pas­sen­ger trav­el demands. 

“We have tried to antic­i­pate the future demands of our air­line part­ners by enabling the Air­port to be ready to accom­mo­date more flights, dif­fer­ent air­craft and des­ti­na­tions in the future,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan, Jr., A.A.E., ECP Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. ​“This new Ter­mi­nal expan­sion pro­vides the addi­tion­al space need­ed to accom­mo­date the demand of today and in the near future.”

The $5.8M Ter­mi­nal expan­sion was an eco­nom­i­cal and smart way to quick­ly and effi­cient­ly meet the grow­ing demand ECP sees among pas­sen­gers and air­line part­ners. As a mod­u­lar build­ing, this allows the Air­port the flex­i­bil­i­ty to move the struc­ture in the future, if need be. 

The Ter­mi­nal expan­sion is antic­i­pat­ed to be ready to wel­come pas­sen­gers in ear­ly August.

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) offers some of the region’s low­est aver­age air­fares and is locat­ed less than 30 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Amer­i­can Air­lines, Delta Air Lines, South­west Air­lines, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP pro­vides dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing non­stop flights to Atlanta (ATL), Austin (AUS) Bal­ti­more (BWI), Char­lotte (CLT), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), Colum­bus (CMH), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), St. Louis (STL) and Wash­ing­ton DC (DCA). The first inter­na­tion­al air­port to be built in more than a decade, ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties with first-class facil­i­ties and was strate­gi­cal­ly devel­oped for major eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties. ECP is the gate­way to vis­i­tors seek­ing North­west Florida’s famous beaches.