Trent Lott International Airport
| Trent Lott International Airport (sky warrior flight support) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Jackson County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pascagoula, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°27′46″N 088°31′45″W / 30.46278°N 88.52917°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.co.jackson.ms.us/... | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 50,205 |
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| Based aircraft | 53 |
Trent Lott International Airport (IATA: PGL, ICAO: KPQL, FAA LID: PQL) is a county-owned public-use airport located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district of Pascagoula, a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. The airport is named for Trent Lott, the United States Senator from Mississippi.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Trent Lott International Airport is assigned PQL by the FAA and PGL by the IATA.PGL was formerly assigned to Jackson County Airport in Pascagoula which closed sometime between 1982 and 1989.
DayJet provided an on-demand jet air taxi service from this airport to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery. This service ended in September 2008.
Trent Lott International Airport covers an area of 906 acres (367 ha) and has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt pavement measuring 6,500 x 100 ft (1,981 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 2, 2016, the airport had 52,213 aircraft operations, an average of 143 per day: 86% general aviation, 10% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 25 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 2 jet and 2 helicopter.
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