Trent Lott International Airport
| Trent Lott International Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: PGL – ICAO: KPQL – FAA LID: PQL | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Jackson County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pascagoula, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Website | www.co.jackson.ms.us/... | ||||||||||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for PQL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KPQL / PGL - Pascagoula, Mississippi (Trent Lott International Airport)
- ↑ Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Jackson County Airport (PGL)
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network: Jackson County Airport (PGL)
External links
- Trent Lott International Airport page at Jackson County website
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PQL, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PQL
- AirNav airport information for KPQL
- ASN accident history for PGL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
