Pensacola Regional Airport (IATA: PNS), . Currently served by six airlines providing direct service to Houston George Bush Intercontinental, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Chicago O'Hare, Memphis, Charlotte, Tampa, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale.
From the airport, you can rent a car, order a cab, or use the Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) bus system.
Numerous companies offer car rental service from PNS, and this will be your best option for traveling around the city. Alamo , Avis , Budget , Dollar Rent-a-Car , Hertz , and National Car Rental all offer services at the airport. In addition, Enterprise Rent-a-Car , and Thrifty Car Rental have locations just off of airport property, and offer complimentary shuttle service to their offices.
Taxi cabs are authorized to charge an additional $1 to pick up anyone from the airport, and there is an $11 minimum charge for the use of a taxi from the airport. However, this charge is lower than most cities in the United States, and in fact Pensacola taxi cab fares are among the lowest in the nation; due to the large size of Pensacola, taxis are an expensive way to travel the city but an effective and easy way.
Bus route 63, by ECAT, services the airport every sixty minutes on weekdays, beginning at 6:10 AM and ending at 5:10 PM. On weekends, bus route 63 arrives every two hours, beginning at 8:10 AM and ending at 4:10 AM. Route 63 ends at the Penacola Junior College campus; from there, the bus becomes route 43, traveling to the University of West Florida, or you can get off and wait for route 41 (Bayou Blvd, Cervantes, and 12th Ave), route 42 (ECAT central station), or route 58 (downtown via 9th Ave, then to NAS Pensacola and the Naval Hospital.)
Mobile Regional Airport (IATA: MOB), . Located an hour's drive from Pensacola, in Alabama, Mobile Regional Airport is usually more expensive than landing at PNS, but can occasionally save you a couple-hundred dollars on flights. Typically, any flight that requires a layover in Atlanta will be cheaper at Pensacola; if a flight doesn't require a layover in Atlanta, it may be cheaper to land at Mobile. From Mobile, rental cars are available at the airport, or a Greyhound bus can take you to Pensacola for about $20. To get to the Greyhound station via Mobile's public transportation system, use van route 19, which connects with bus route 1, which connects with bus route 9, which will take you to the Greyhound station.
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