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63-632: 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, in Bay County . The airport is owned by the Panama City-Bay County Airport & Industrial District, and is north of Panama City Beach , near West Bay. It replaced Panama City–Bay County International Airport (Fannin Field, PFN), which

126-452: A "Top 40 Under 40" award. In 2015, HNTB's Clint Laaser, RA, LEED AP, received the same recognition. The annual award by the magazine recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. HNTB's aviation projects have earned several awards. The firm created the conceptual design for the 221-foot-tall air traffic control tower at San Francisco International Airport. In 2016,

189-493: A few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

252-512: A new airport in northwestern Bay County in 2001. In 2005–2007 the authority obtained the needed permits. The relocation of the airport was controversial in Bay County. The county commission chose to proceed with building a new airport and closing down Fannin Field despite a majority of voters in a non-binding 2004 referendum voting against the plan. Some felt that the St. Joe Company , which owned

315-567: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

378-470: A second luggage claim . News has also been released stating the originally planned crosswind runway’s construction will begin in late 2024 to early 2025 expected to accept passengers by June 2025. The new crosswind runway will span a total of 10,000 feet and will allow airlines and general aviation pilots to land during heavy crosswinds more comfortably. The airport's IATA code was originally supposed to be TFB, for "The Florida Beaches". However, this code

441-464: A sports architecture practice. In 1982, it acquired the rail firm of Thomas K. Dyer adding track, signal, communications and traction power to its portfolio, thus positioning the firm to serve the rail industry. In 1993, it formally changed its name to HNTB Corporation. In 2000, the firm became employee-owned. HNTB's architecture projects have included Levi's Stadium in San Francisco, home of

504-491: A state of the art FBO just south of the Public Safety building. Southern Sky Aviation hosts a Part 145 Aircraft repair station with Avionics installation and interior work as well. They also offer Aircraft maintenance and sales. The cargo facility is between the control tower and general aviation ramp. Flight Express is the primary air cargo service to KECP. In the 12-month period ending February 28, 2022,

567-509: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

630-952: Is called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. HNTB was project oversight representative for the Florida Department of Transportation on the Sisters Creek Bridge replacement in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2017, the project earned a National Awards of Merit in the Transportation category from the Design-Build Institute of America. HNTB led the final design for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. The company won an award for

693-586: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

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756-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

819-543: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

882-497: Is the architect of record on Orlando International Airport's new south terminal project. The project won a 2017 American Architecture Award. The firm also supports mentoring programs for young professionals in the aviation market. Ted Zoli is currently the national bridge chief engineer at HNTB. In 2016, the National Steel Bridge Alliance gave HNTB awards for several bridge projects. These included

945-547: Is the only runway at the airport. It is concrete/grooved and is 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) long and 150 feet (46 meters) wide. There are plans to build one crosswind and one parallel runway as traffic at the airport increases. The elevation for Runway 16 is 68.6 feet (20.9 m). The runway has a 4-aligned PAPI light system (glideslope: 2.83°), a MALSR approach lighting system, centerline lights, and touchdown zone lights. The runway has an instrument approach which includes S-ILS or LOC/DME, and GPS RNAV. For general aviation aircraft,

1008-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1071-571: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

1134-729: The Chicago Transit Authority Red Line Wilson Station Reconstruction Project in Chicago, including train control, communications, mechanical, architectural, environmental mitigation support and structural. The project was completed in 2017. HNTB was part of a joint venture that was lead designer on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit South Oak Cliff Extension 3 project. The project was completed in 2016. HNTB won

1197-458: The College of William & Mary , University of Southern California , and University of Michigan . The firm consists of around 7,200 professional staff across 79 locations, and is active in all major architectural specialties in the United States and around the world. Waddell & Harrington was formed in 1907 as a partnership between John Alexander Low Waddell and John Lyle Harrington and

1260-678: The San Francisco 49ers , completed in 2014; the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport terminal, which opened in 2015; an expansion of Kroger Field at the University of Kentucky; Camping World Stadium reconstruction in Orlando in 2014; and Bartle Hall Convention Center Ballroom Expansion in 2007. In 2014, Airport Business Magazine recognized two of the company's aviation experts, James Long PE and Jennie Santoro, with

1323-481: The list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and the use of two letters allowed only

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1386-804: The 2017 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts for its work supporting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Improvement Program. HNTB was lead designer for the SR99 Tunnel Project in Seattle. The tunnel was completed in 2017 and opened in 2019. HNTB was the independent design verifier for

1449-626: The Florida Department of Transportation. HNTB supported the Florida Department of Transportation to complete I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements in Broward County, Florida, which reached substantial completion in 2014. HNTB works on transit stations, commuter rail, Bus Rapid Transit, Positive Train Control, streetcars and others. The company is a supporter of high-speed rail projects. HNTB provided several services on

1512-523: The IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn , is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as

1575-924: The Istanbul Strait Crossing tunnel in Turkey. The tunnel, also known as the Eurasia Tunnel , established a connection between the European and Asian sides of the city, and opened in 2016. The project won a 2016 Global Best Project award from Engineering News-Record, and engineering industry publication, in the Bridge/Tunnel category. The Milwaukee Office (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was named No 1. Best Place to Work in Milwaukee in 2020, 2021, & 2022 by Milwaukee's Business Journal . Ashley Booth, HNTB's national streetcar practice leader,

1638-898: The Johnson County Gateway Interchange for the Kansas Department of Transportation, and program management consultant services on the U.S. 290 Corridor rebuild for the Texas Department of Transportation. Additionally, the firm has served on the I-94 reconstruction for the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Milwaukee Zoo Interchange for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and

1701-804: The Poplar Street Bridge project for the Missouri Department of Transportation. HNTB's intelligent transportation systems projects have included system design and maintenance and operations services for a smart truck parking system in Michigan and the Tampa Bay SunGuide Center. HNTB also supports the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority on Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot and a Truck Parking Availability System for

1764-1162: The South Park Bascule Bridge in Seattle; the Portsmouth Memorial Bridge between New Hampshire and Maine; the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge in St. Louis; and the Falls Flyover Ramp in Wichita, Kansas. HNTB serves as owner's engineer for the New York State Thruway Authority on the New NY Bridge project , which replaces the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York. The new bridge

1827-599: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . HNTB HNTB Corporation is an American infrastructure design firm. Founded in 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri , HNTB began with

1890-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

1953-755: The airport and Atlanta. United Express utilizes Mesa Airlines and CommutAir regional jets on their nonstop flights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Seasonally, flights are operated by Air Wisconsin to O'Hare International Airport . On January 18, 2018, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport announced the beginning of American Airlines nonstop flights to Charlotte Douglas (CLT) and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), which commenced on June 7, 2018. There are two flights per day to both destinations operated by American Eagle regional carriers PSA Airlines and Mesa Airlines , respectively with regional jets. The airport had its two busiest years on record in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Airport officials peg

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2016-530: The airport as of August 2011 was SheltAir . Island Air Express (now defunct), Precision Flight Training, and Patriot Flight Academy offer flight training. Patriot Pilot Academy is currently the only flight training at ECP offering multi engine and commercial certifications. Patriot Pilot Academy is also a Part 141 school through the FAA offering finance options and college-like classes for flight school. As of April 2024, Alabama -based Southern Sky Aviation has opened

2079-862: The airport had 80,665 aircraft operations, average 221 per day: 55% general aviation , 24% commercial , 13% air taxi , and 9% military . For the same time period, 111 aircraft were based at the airport: 76 single-engine and 8 multi-engine airplanes as well as 26 jets and 1 glider . These stats are up from 67,121 aircraft operations in 2018. Ground transportation to and from the airport includes on-airport car rental, taxis, shuttles, and limousines. Southwest Airlines began service in May 2010 with eight daily Boeing 737 flights, two each to Baltimore-Washington (BWI), Houston–Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), and Orlando (MCO). Southwest Airlines then started daily seasonal nonstop service to St. Louis (STL) on June 3, 2012. Effective in early March 2016, Delta Air Lines

2142-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

2205-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

2268-566: The baggage area. General aviation is handled at the general aviation facility south of the main passenger terminal. 111 GA aircraft were based at the airport in January 2018. 84 were single- engine , 16 were multi-engine, 10 were jets , and 1 helicopter . There were no gliders or ultra-lights based at the airport. As of 2012, 75% of based aircraft belonged to corporations. About 75% of GA operations were business/corporate related, 65% of which were business jets. The only fixed-base operator at

2331-502: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

2394-422: The current airport property and extending the current short runways into St. Andrews Bay or into residential neighborhoods, relocation of the airport to a new site, or collocation with Tyndall AFB . With strong opposition to extending the runways into an environmentally sensitive bay or into neighborhoods, the airport authority began to search for relocation sites. The authority received tentative approval to build

2457-934: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

2520-401: The first airport terminal to attain a LEED rating for being a green building as well. As of June 2024, it has yet to receive this. A new terminal building at Appleton International Airport has since become the first LEED-rated terminal building in the world. As of 2023, the airport has a $ 14.7 million renovation in the works to pave an overflow parking lot, build out the terminal, and expand

2583-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

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2646-478: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

2709-597: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

2772-564: The general public asked the airport authority to use a more regional name. In the late 1980s, the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District (Airport Authority) started discussing the need to expand the airport's two runways, which did not meet federal standards due to insufficient runway safety areas. Growing the overall airport to meet the region's needs was another main objective. The old airport had been built in 1932, with scheduled service beginning in 1948. However, it did not have enough room to expand. Proposed ideas included using

2835-566: The increases on the uptick in traffic caused by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The airport processed nearly 1.6 million passengers in 2021, up from 1.35 million in 2019, and just over 1.5 million in 2021. Scheduled nonstop passenger flights include: IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in

2898-487: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

2961-412: The land the airport would be based on, would derive an unfair benefit at the taxpayers' expense. Suits were filed against the airport on environmental grounds but were not successful in halting its construction. Construction was completed in May 2010, however the planned crosswind runway was not built. As of January 2024 construction of the airport terminal has begun to extend the terminal south adding

3024-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

3087-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

3150-800: The partnership made by Ernest Emmanuel Howard with the firm Waddell & Harrington , founded in 1907. Considered as one of the most trusted U.S.-based design firms, HNTB generated a revenue of $ 3 billion in 2023, the second most of any architectural firm in the U.S. The firm specializes in sporting facilities; Levi's Stadium , in which HNTB was ranked third on a list of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015, and Allegiant Stadium ; transportation services such as airports, bridges, tunnels, roadways, and rail and transit systems, including renovations in places such as at Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport , and projects for educational institutions, which includes at

3213-652: The project earned a Grand Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for the structural engineer of record ( Walter P Moore ). HNTB was lead architect and performed initial planning and engineering services on the San Diego International Terminal 2 expansion project. In 2014, the project earned a Best of the Best Projects award from Engineering News-Record in the Airport/Transit category. Currently, HNTB

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3276-620: The repair of the John E. Mathews Bridge after it was severely damaged by a ship impact in September 2013. HNTB serves, and has previously served, on a variety of projects for state departments of transportation across the U.S. The firm's DOT work has included construction engineering and inspection services on the I-595 Express Corridor Improvements Project for the Florida Department of Transportation,

3339-421: The runway uses left traffic pattern. The opposite end of Runway 16, the elevation for Runway 34 is 53.7 feet (16.4 meters). This runway has a 4-aligned PAPI light system (glideslope: 2.83°) and centerline lights. This runway has a GPS RNAV or LOC/DME instrument approach. For general aviation aircraft, the runway uses left traffic pattern. The new airport has a much larger terminal, designed by HNTB , compared to

3402-506: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

3465-500: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

3528-415: The terminal at the previous airport. The terminal, 105,000 sq. feet, has seven gates. Gates 1–5 have jet bridges, while Gates 6 and 7 are on ramp level for regional aircraft. The airport has a US Customs and Border Protection inspection facility for arriving international flights. No international Airline flight has ever departed or arrived at KECP. It was anticipated that the new terminal building will be

3591-515: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

3654-627: Was already taken by the Tifalmin Airport in Papua New Guinea . By going through all available IATA codes, the group deciding the code came across ECP and joked ECP could stand for "Everyone Can Party" and it stuck. It actually stands for Emerald Coast of the Panhandle. The airport covers 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares) at an elevation of 68 feet (21 m). The airport is in unincorporated Bay County, Florida . Runway 16/34

3717-433: Was awarded the 2017 Training Professional of the Year Award by the National Transit Institute. In 2006, the American Public Works Association named the High Five Interchange as the "Public Works Project of the Year" for its massive size, its innovative design, the complexity and rapidity of its construction and the need it fulfilled for the community. HNTB Corporation received the award as the primary consultant, along with

3780-502: Was based in Kansas City, Missouri , but had offices in Portland, Oregon , and Vancouver , British Columbia . The company designed more than 30 vertical-lift bridges for highways and railroads. After Howard's partnership, Waddell & Harrington eventually became Harrington, Howard & Ash. In 1941, it changed its name to Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff when Enoch Needles, Henry Tammen & Ruben Bergendoff joined as partners. In 1975, it merged with Kivett and Myers to form

3843-535: 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

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3906-442: Was named to Mass Transit Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 2017 list. Tim Faerber, PE, a senior vice president at HNTB, received ENR Midwest's Legacy Award in 2017. Faerber was the fourth person to win the award. During his career, he has led HNTB's Illinois operations and was Great Lakes Division president from 2010 to 2013. Diana Mendes, HNTB's transit/rail market sector leader, Mid-Atlantic Division president and senior vice president,

3969-481: Was operating up to six nonstop flights a day to Atlanta (ATL) operated with Boeing 717 , McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 jetliners. Delta has also operated Boeing 737 jets into the airport in the past. Delta Connection had operated regional jet aircraft on their flights to Atlanta but currently does not serve the airport. According to FlightAware , Delta currently operates Airbus A320 and Boeing 717 jetliners on its mainline service between

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