Trent Lott International Airport

Trent Lott International Airport (sky warrior flight support)
IATA: PGL – ICAO: KPQL – FAA LID: PQL
Summary
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 / 30.46278; -88.52917
Website www.co.jackson.ms.us/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 50,205
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.[1] 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.[2] PGL was formerly assigned to Jackson County Airport in Pascagoula which closed sometime between 1982 and 1989.[3][4]

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.

Facilities and aircraft

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).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 50,205 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 87% general aviation, 10% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 13% jet and 6% helicopter.[1]

The airport offers flight lessons as well as parachuting/skydiving lessons.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for PQL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KPQL / PGL - Pascagoula, Mississippi (Trent Lott International Airport)
  3. ↑ Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Jackson County Airport (PGL)
  4. ↑ Aviation Safety Network: Jackson County Airport (PGL)
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